(VBScript) XML Sort by Content

Demonstrates the SortByContent method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort2.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apples>
            <apple>fuji</apple>
            <apple>gala</apple>
            <apple>granny smith</apple>
            <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
            <apple>mcintosh</apple>
        </apples>
        <fruit>banana</fruit>
        <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
        <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
        <fruit>orange</fruit>
        <fruit>pear</fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

Download Chilkat XML ActiveX

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

set xml = CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")

'  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort2.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort2.xml")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(xml.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

'  Sort in ascending order.
bAscending = 1
xSortRoot.SortByContent bAscending

'  Show the result:
outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

'  Note:  The "apples" node contains child nodes, but its
'  text content is 0-length (empty).  Therefore, when sorting in
'  ascending order, it will be positioned before the direct
'  children containing non-empty content.
'  
<root>
    <fruits>
        <apples>
            <apple>granny smith</apple>
            <apple>gala</apple>
            <apple>fuji</apple>
            <apple>mcintosh</apple>
            <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
        </apples>
        <fruit>banana</fruit>
        <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
        <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
        <fruit>orange</fruit>
        <fruit>pear</fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>


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

xSortRoot.SortByContent bAscending
outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

'  
<root>
    <fruits>
        <apples>
            <apple>fuji</apple>
            <apple>gala</apple>
            <apple>granny smith</apple>
            <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
            <apple>mcintosh</apple>
        </apples>
        <fruit>banana</fruit>
        <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
        <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
        <fruit>orange</fruit>
        <fruit>pear</fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>



outFile.Close