(Visual Basic) Find Direct Child with Specific Tag

Demonstrates how to find a direct child having a specific tag.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruit color="red">apple</fruit>
    <fruit color="green">pear</fruit>
    <veg color="orange">carrot</veg>
    <meat animal="cow">beef</meat>
    <xyz>
        <fruit color="blue">blueberry</fruit>
        <veg color="green">broccoli</veg>
    </xyz>
    <fruit color="purple">grape</fruit>
    <cheese color="yellow">cheddar</cheese>
</root>

Download Chilkat XML ActiveX

Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
Dim child As ChilkatXml

Dim success As Long
'  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruit.xml")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & xml.LastErrorText & vbCrLf
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Find the direct child node having the tag "meat", and
'  return a new instance of the XML object referencing the
'  child node, if found.
Set child = xml.FindChild("meat")
If (child Is Nothing ) Then
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "No direct child having the tag ""meat"" was found." & vbCrLf
Else
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "Content = " & child.Content & vbCrLf

End If

'  The same can be accomplished without creating a new
'  XML object instance.  Instead, the FindChild2 method updates
'  the caller's internal reference to the found child, if successful.
success = xml.FindChild2("meat")
If (success = 1) Then
    '  Success!  The xml object now references the found child.
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "Content = " & xml.Content & vbCrLf
    '  Restore the reference back to the parent.
    xml.GetParent2 
Else
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "No direct child having the tag ""meat"" was found." & vbCrLf
End If