Accessing an XML Node's Attribute

Demonstrates how to access an XML node's attribute's value. In this example, we'll access the valud for the ISBN of the first book in the following XML document, which is located at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/bookstore.xml

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<bookstore>
   <book ISBN="10-000000-001">
...
</bookstore>

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Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml()

Dim success As Boolean

success = xml.LoadXmlFile("bookstore.xml")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(xml.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Navigate to the 1st child (i.e. the "book" node)
xml.FirstChild2()

'  Now access the attribute:
Dim attrValue As String

attrValue = xml.GetAttrValue("ISBN")

TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & attrValue & vbCrLf