Saving and Retrieving Data in XML

Saving and retrieving data in XML.

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require 'chilkat'


#  Create an XML file with data that will later be loaded and
#  accessed by field name:
xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()
xml.put_Tag("emailData")

xml.NewChild2("from","admin@chilkatsoft.com")
xml.NewChild2("toName","Chilkat Support")
xml.NewChild2("toAddr","support@chilkatsoft.com")
xml.NewChild2("subject","This is a test")
xml.NewChild2("body","This is an email body")

#  Save the XML:

success = xml.SaveXml("emailData.xml")
if (success != true)
    print xml.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

xml2 = Chilkat::CkXml.new()

#  Load the XML file:
success = xml2.LoadXmlFile("emailData.xml")
if (success != true)
    print xml2.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Access the data by name
print xml2.getChildContent("from") + "\n";
print xml2.getChildContent("toName") + "\n";
print xml2.getChildContent("toAddr") + "\n";
print xml2.getChildContent("subject") + "\n";
print xml2.getChildContent("body") + "\n";
print "------" + "\n";

#  Let's say I want to load this into an email object:
email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()

email.put_From(xml2.getChildContent("from"))

toName = xml2.getChildContent("toName")
toAddr = xml2.getChildContent("toAddr")
email.AddTo(toName,toAddr)
email.put_Subject(xml2.getChildContent("subject"))
email.put_Body(xml2.getChildContent("body"))

print email.getMime() + "\n";