Saving and Retrieving Data in XML

Saving and retrieving data in XML.

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'  Create an XML file with data that will later be loaded and
'  accessed by field name:
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml()
xml.Tag = "emailData"

xml.NewChild2("from","admin@chilkatsoft.com")
xml.NewChild2("toName","Chilkat Support")
xml.NewChild2("toAddr","support@chilkatsoft.com")
xml.NewChild2("subject","This is a test")
xml.NewChild2("body","This is an email body")

'  Save the XML:
Dim success As Boolean
success = xml.SaveXml("emailData.xml")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(xml.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If



Dim xml2 As New Chilkat.Xml()

'  Load the XML file:
success = xml2.LoadXmlFile("emailData.xml")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(xml2.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Access the data by name
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & xml2.GetChildContent("from") & vbCrLf
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & xml2.GetChildContent("toName") & vbCrLf
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & xml2.GetChildContent("toAddr") & vbCrLf
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & xml2.GetChildContent("subject") & vbCrLf
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & xml2.GetChildContent("body") & vbCrLf
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & "------" & vbCrLf

'  Let's say I want to load this into an email object:
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email()

email.From = xml2.GetChildContent("from")
Dim toName As String
Dim toAddr As String
toName = xml2.GetChildContent("toName")
toAddr = xml2.GetChildContent("toAddr")
email.AddTo(toName,toAddr)
email.Subject = xml2.GetChildContent("subject")
email.Body = xml2.GetChildContent("body")

TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & email.GetMime() & vbCrLf