(Visual Basic) XML SearchForTag Method

Demonstrates the SearchForTag and SearchForTag2 methods.

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

<root>
    <searchRoot>
        <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>
    </searchRoot>
    <fruit color="red">strawberry</fruit>
    <fruit color="orange">peach</fruit>
    <root></root>
</root>

Download Chilkat XML ActiveX

Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
Dim xSearchRoot As ChilkatXml
Dim xBeginAfter As ChilkatXml
Dim xFound As ChilkatXml

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

'  Search the sub-tree rooted at "searchRoot"
Set xSearchRoot = xml.FindChild("searchRoot")

'  Search for all nodes having the tag "fruit"
Set xBeginAfter = Nothing
Set xFound = xSearchRoot.SearchForTag(xBeginAfter,"fruit")
Do While Not (xFound Is Nothing )

    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & xFound.Content & vbCrLf

    Set xBeginAfter = xFound
    Set xFound = xSearchRoot.SearchForTag(xBeginAfter,"fruit")
Loop

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

'  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Now do the same, but instead use SearchForTag2
'  which updates the internal reference of the caller instead
'  of returning the found node.
Dim xSearch As ChilkatXml

Set xBeginAfter = xSearchRoot.GetSelf()
Set xSearch = xSearchRoot.GetSelf()

success = xSearch.SearchForTag2(xBeginAfter,"fruit")
Do While success = 1

    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & xSearch.Content & vbCrLf

    '  Copy the internal references so that the next search
    '  begins after the found node.
    xBeginAfter.CopyRef xSearch
    xSearch.CopyRef xSearchRoot

    success = xSearch.SearchForTag2(xBeginAfter,"fruit")
Loop