(Visual Basic) Iterate over Direct Children with a Specific Tag

Demonstrates how to iterate over direct children 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>

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Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
Dim child As ChilkatXml
Dim numWithTag As Long
Dim i As Long

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

'   Get the number of direct children having the tag "fruit"
numWithTag = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("fruit")

If (numWithTag > 0) Then

    For i = 0 To numWithTag - 1
        Set child = xml.GetNthChildWithTag("fruit",i)
        Text1.Text = Text1.Text & i & ": " & child.Tag _
             & " : " & child.Content & vbCrLf

    Next
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "-----" & vbCrLf

    '  Do the same as the above loop, but instead of creating
    '  a new object instance for each child, call GetNthChildWithTag2 to
    '  update the object's reference instead.
    For i = 0 To numWithTag - 1
        '  Navigate to the Nth child.
        xml.GetNthChildWithTag2 "fruit",i
        Text1.Text = Text1.Text & i & ": " & xml.Tag _
             & " : " & xml.Content & vbCrLf
        '  Navigate back up to the parent:
        xml.GetParent2 
    Next
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "-----" & vbCrLf

End If