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Delphi ActiveX

Demonstrate XML SearchForTag2

Demonstrates how to use SearchForTag2.

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Delphi ActiveX
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
xml: TChilkatXml;
i: Integer;
xmlSearch: IChilkatXml;
afterPtr: IChilkatXml;
pTemp: IChilkatXml;
sbState: TChilkatStringBuilder;

begin
success := 0;

xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);

// Load the following XML:

// 	<Test>
// 	    <testchild1>
// 	        test
// 	    </testchild1>
// 	    <testchild1>
// 	        test1
// 	    </testchild1>
// 	    <testchild1>
// 	        test2
// 	    </testchild1>
// 	    <testchild1>
// 	        test3
// 	    </testchild1>
// 	    <testchild1>
// 	        test4
// 	    </testchild1>
// 	    <testchild1>
// 	        test5
// 	    </testchild1>
// 	    <testchild1>
// 	        test6
// 	    </testchild1>
// 	</Test>

success := xml.LoadXml('<Test><testchild1>test</testchild1><testchild1>test1</testchild1><testchild1>test2</testchild1><testchild1>test3</testchild1><testchild1>test4</testchild1><testchild1>test5</testchild1><testchild1>test6</testchild1></Test>');

i := 0;
xmlSearch := xml.GetRoot();
afterPtr := xml.GetRoot();

// Alway begin the search from the root.
while xmlSearch.SearchForTag2(afterPtr,'testchild1') do
  begin
    // If successful, xmlSearch now points to the found element.
    i := i + 1;

    // Set afterPtr = xmlSearch (so we find the next match after the one we just found)
    // Rest xmlSearch to the root of the XML tree to be searched.
    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + xmlSearch.Content);
    pTemp := afterPtr;
    afterPtr := xmlSearch;
    pTemp.GetRoot2();
    xmlSearch := pTemp;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('----');

// A better way:
sbState := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
i := 0;
while xml.NextInTraversal2(sbState.ControlInterface) <> 0 do
  begin
    if (xml.TagEquals('testchild1') = 1) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + xml.Content);
        i := i + 1;
      end;
  end;

xml.GetRoot2();
end;