Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Decode HTML Entities found in XML

Demonstrates how to decode HTML entities found in XML. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Xml;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  xml: TXml;
  strDecoded: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Load an XML file containing the following:

  //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  //  <output>Franz&#xf6;sische</output> 

  xml := TXml.Create;
  success := xml.LoadXmlFile('qa_data/xml/hasHtmlEntity.xml');

  //  Get non-decoded content, then get decoded content.

  //  Result is Franz&#xf6;sische
  WriteLn(xml.Content);

  //  Result is Französische
  strDecoded := xml.DecodeEntities(xml.Content);
  WriteLn(strDecoded);


  xml.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.