(Visual Basic) XML Sort Records by Content

Demonstrates the SortRecordsByContent method.

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

<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

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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/fruitRecordsSort.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitRecordsSort.xml")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & xml.LastErrorText & vbCrLf
    Exit Sub
End If

'  The "fruit" records are direct children of the "fruits" node.
'  Therefore, to sort the fruit records, the SortRecordsByContent
'  method must be called from the "fruits" node.
Set xSortRoot = xml.FindChild("fruits")

'  Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
Dim bAscending As Long
bAscending = 1
xSortRoot.SortRecordsByContent "name",bAscending

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

'  
<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>