(Visual Basic) XML Sort by Tag

Demonstrates the SortByTag method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>

Download Chilkat XML ActiveX

Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
Dim xSortRoot As ChilkatXml

Dim success As Long
'  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort1.xml")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & xml.LastErrorText & vbCrLf
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
Set xSortRoot = xml.FindChild("fruits")

'  Sort in ascending order.
Dim bAscending As Long
bAscending = 1
xSortRoot.SortByTag bAscending

'  Show the result:
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & xml.GetXml() & vbCrLf

'  
<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>


'  Sort the direct children under the "apple" node:
xSortRoot.FindChild2 "apple"

xSortRoot.SortByTag bAscending
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & xml.GetXml() & vbCrLf

'  
<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>