(Visual Basic) Methods for Getting Attributes

Demonstrates some methods for getting attribute name/values.

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

<root>
    <car color="black" make="mercedes" model="C350" hp="302" engine="v6" type="sedan">Mercedes Benz C350</car>
</root>

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Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
Dim carNode As ChilkatXml
Dim numAttr As Long
Dim horsepower As Long
Dim i As Long

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

'  Navigate to the "car" node, which is the 1st child:
Set carNode = xml.FirstChild()

'  Get the value of the "model" attribute:
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "model = " & carNode.GetAttrValue("model") & vbCrLf

'  Get the value of the "hp" attribute as an integer:
horsepower = carNode.GetAttrValueInt("hp")
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "horsepower = " & horsepower & vbCrLf

'  Iterate over the attributes and show the name/value of each:
numAttr = carNode.NumAttributes

i = 0
Do While i < numAttr
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & carNode.GetAttributeName(i) _
         & ": " & carNode.GetAttributeValue(i) & vbCrLf
    i = i + 1
Loop