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Demonstrates the ChilkatPath XML Method

Demonstrates how to use the ChilkatPath method. This example uses the XML sample file pigs.xml. The pigs.xml file contains this content:
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Local $bSuccess = False

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")

$bSuccess = $oXml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/pigs.xml")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oXml.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Get the content of the "species" node for the 1st animal:
Local $sResult
$sResult = $oXml.ChilkatPath("animal|species|*")
; Output should be "pot belly pig"
ConsoleWrite($sResult & @CRLF)

; Get the content of the "type" node for the 2nd animal:
; Indexing begins at 0.  Therefore, the 2nd direct child having
; the tag "animal" is at index 1
$sResult = $oXml.ChilkatPath("animal[1]|type|*")
; Output should be "House Pig"
ConsoleWrite($sResult & @CRLF)

; Find the pig having the name "Nigel" and display the
; birth date.  To do this, we&apos;ll navigate to the node having
; tag="name" with the exact content "Nigel", then navigate up, 
; and finally navigate back down to the "birth" node:
$sResult = $oXml.ChilkatPath("/C/name,Nigel|..|birth|*")
; Output should be "June, 1991"
ConsoleWrite($sResult & @CRLF)

; Navigate to the 1st animal&apos;s picture and print the filename,
; description, and caption.
; The "$" updates the caller&apos;s internal pointer to reference
; the node that is the result of evaluating the path.
; An empty string is returned for success, and a NULL/nil/0
; pointer (reference) is returned on failure.  
$sResult = $oXml.ChilkatPath("animal|picture|$")
If ($oXml.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to navigate to animal|picture." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Display the contents of the file/description/caption child nodes
ConsoleWrite("Picture Info:" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetChildContent("file") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetChildContent("description") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetChildContent("caption") & @CRLF)

; Return back to the root of the XML document:
$oXml.GetRoot2 

; Display the value of the "spay-neuter" attribute of the 1st animal:
ConsoleWrite("----" & @CRLF)
$sResult = $oXml.ChilkatPath("animal|gender|(spay-neuter)")
ConsoleWrite($sResult & @CRLF)