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Extract and Save PDF from SOAP XML

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Demonstrates how to extract and save PDF file that is embedded in SOAP XML (or any XML).

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#include <CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkXml xml;

    success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/soap/soapWithPdf.xml");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << xml.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  The XML we loaded looks like this:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    //  <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    //      <s:Body>
    //          <ObtenerPDFResponse xmlns="http://xyz.org/">
    //              <ObtenerPDFResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.xyz.org/something" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    //                  <a:CBB i:nil="true" />
    //                  <a:CodigoConfirmacion i:nil="true" />
    //                  <a:ErrorDetallado />
    //                  <a:ErrorGeneral i:nil="true" />
    //                  <a:FechaGenerada i:nil="true" />
    //                  <a:FolioGenerado i:nil="true" />
    //                  <a:OperacionExitosa>true</a:OperacionExitosa>
    //                  <a:PDF>JVBERi0xLjQKJe...</a:PDF>
    //                  <a:XML i:nil="true" />
    //              </ObtenerPDFResult>
    //          </ObtenerPDFResponse>
    //      </s:Body>
    //  </s:Envelope>

    CkXml *pdfElement = xml.FindChild("s:Body|ObtenerPDFResponse|ObtenerPDFResult|a:PDF");
    if (xml.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << "Did not find the PDF element at the expected location." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = pdfElement->SaveBinaryContent("qa_output/out.pdf",false,false,"");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << xml.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Successfully extracted and saved the PDF." << "\r\n";
    }