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XML NewChildBefore

Demonstrates the Chilkat.NewChildBefore method.

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C
#include <C_CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkXml xml;
    HCkXml orderBillingInfo;
    int index;
    HCkXml xCustId;

    success = FALSE;

    xml = CkXml_Create();

    CkXml_putTag(xml,"order");
    CkXml_NewChild2(xml,"order_billing_info|price_list","Listino Italia");
    CkXml_NewChild2(xml,"order_billing_info|price_list_id","1");
    CkXml_NewChild2(xml,"order_billing_info|first_name","Francesco");

    printf("%s\n",CkXml_getXml(xml));

    //  We now have the following XML:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    //  <order>
    //      <order_billing_info>
    //          <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
    //          <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
    //          <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
    //      </order_billing_info>
    //  </order>

    //  If there is no "customer_id" element under "order_billing_info", then add it.
    if (CkXml_HasChildWithTag(xml,"order_billing_info|customer_id") == TRUE) {
        printf("customer_id already exists, nothing to do...\n");
        CkXml_Dispose(xml);
        return;
    }

    //  Add the customer_id element just before the "price_list" element.

    //  Get the "order_billing_info" element
    orderBillingInfo = CkXml_FindChild(xml,"order_billing_info");

    //  Call NewChildBefore to add an XML element <customer_id> before <price_list>
    //  First get the index of the element price_list
    index = CkXml_TagIndex(orderBillingInfo,"price_list");
    printf("index = %d\n",index);

    //  Add the "customer_id" element just before specified index.
    xCustId = CkXml_NewChildBefore(orderBillingInfo,index,"customer_id","1234");
    CkXml_Dispose(xCustId);
    CkXml_Dispose(orderBillingInfo);

    printf("%s\n",CkXml_getXml(xml));

    //  We now have:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    //  <order>
    //      <order_billing_info>
    //          <customer_id>1234</customer_id>
    //          <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
    //          <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
    //          <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
    //      </order_billing_info>
    //  </order>


    CkXml_Dispose(xml);

    }