Update an XML Record

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VB.NET sample code showing how to insert a record into an XML document.

        ' Let's change "Adobe Systems Incorporated" to 
        ' "Adobe Systems Inc."
        Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml()
        Xml.LoadXmlFile("companies.xml")

        ' Find the first node in the XML document where the tag is "name"
        ' and the content begins with "Adobe"
        ' We use SearchForContent2 (instead of SearchForContent) to simply
        ' update our internal reference to the node that is found.
        Dim found As Boolean
        found = xml.SearchForContent2(Nothing, "name", "Adobe*")
        If (found) Then
            xml.Content = "Adobe Systems Inc."
        End If

        ' Update our internal reference to be the root.
        xml.GetRoot2()
        xml.SaveXml("mod2.xml")

Important: The download for this example does not contain the ChilkatDotNet.dll which
must be downloaded and installed separately at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads.asp.
Once installed, add a reference to the DLL in the project by following the instructions at
http://www.example-code.com/vbdotnet/step2.asp