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Move XML Subtree to Another XML Document

Demonstrates using the InsertChildTreeBefore method to move a fragment of XML from one document to another.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_SrcXml
oleobject loo_DestXml
oleobject loo_CrmCust
oleobject loo_CrmSaveCust

// Source XML is this:

// <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
// <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:"soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
//               <soapenv:Header/>
//               <soapenv:Body>
//                             <GetCustomerResponse xmlns="http://www.midoco.de/crm" xmlns:tns="http://www.midoco.de/ws">
//                                           <CrmCustomer addresseeLine1="Max Mustermann" addresseeLine2="" changingUser="123456" >
//                                                          <CrmAddress addressId="2225355" addressTypeId="1" checkStatus="O" city="Wien" countryCode="AT" customerId="000071"/>
//                                                          <CrmPerson birthDay="30" birthMonth="8" birthYear="1977" birthday="1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00" birthdayNotProvided="false"/>
//                                           </CrmCustomer>
//                           </GetCustomerResponse>
//               </soapenv:Body>
// </soapenv:Envelope>

// Build the source XML.
loo_SrcXml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SrcXml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Xml")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_SrcXml
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_SrcXml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
loo_SrcXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse",1,"xmlns","http://www.midoco.de/crm")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse",1,"xmlns:tns","http://www.midoco.de/ws")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",1,"addresseeLine1","Max Mustermann")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",1,"addresseeLine2","")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",1,"changingUser","123456")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",1,"addressId","2225355")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",1,"addressTypeId","1")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",1,"checkStatus","O")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",1,"city","Wien")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",1,"countryCode","AT")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",1,"customerId","000071")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",1,"birthDay","30")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",1,"birthMonth","8")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",1,"birthYear","1977")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",1,"birthday","1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00")
loo_SrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",1,"birthdayNotProvided","false")

// Destination XML is this:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
//     <SOAP-ENV:Header>
//         <m:Credentials xmlns:m="http://www.midoco.de/system">
//             <m:Login>User</m:Login>
//             <m:Password>Pass</m:Password>
//             <m:OrgUnit>ABC</m:OrgUnit>
//             <m:Locale>de_DE</m:Locale>
//         </m:MidocoCredentials>
//     </SOAP-ENV:Header>
//     <SOAP-ENV:Body>
//         <SaveCustomerRequest>
//         </SaveCustomerRequest>
//     </SOAP-ENV:Body>
// </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

loo_DestXml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_DestXml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Xml")

loo_DestXml.Tag = "SOAP-ENV:Envelope"
loo_DestXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
loo_DestXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENC","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/")
loo_DestXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
loo_DestXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
loo_DestXml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials",1,"xmlns:m","http://www.midoco.de/system")
loo_DestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Login","User")
loo_DestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Password","Pass")
loo_DestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:OrgUnit","ABC")
loo_DestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Locale","de_DE")
loo_DestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest","")

// We want to move the "CrmCustomer" subtree in the source XML to inside the "SaveCustomerRequest" element in the destination.

// Navigate to CrmCustomer
loo_CrmCust = loo_SrcXml.FindChild("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer")
if loo_SrcXml.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to find CrmCustomer element."
    destroy loo_SrcXml
    destroy loo_DestXml
    return
end if

// Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
loo_CrmSaveCust = loo_DestXml.FindChild("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest")
if loo_DestXml.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element."
    destroy loo_SrcXml
    destroy loo_DestXml
    return
end if

// Move CrmCustomer tree to SaveCustomerRequest.
loo_CrmSaveCust.InsertChildTreeBefore(0,loo_CrmCust)

destroy loo_CrmCust
destroy loo_CrmSaveCust

// Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
Write-Debug loo_DestXml.GetXml()

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
//     <SOAP-ENV:Header>
//         <m:Credentials xmlns:m="http://www.midoco.de/system">
//             <m:Login>User</m:Login>
//             <m:Password>Pass</m:Password>
//             <m:OrgUnit>ABC</m:OrgUnit>
//             <m:Locale>de_DE</m:Locale>
//         </m:Credentials>
//     </SOAP-ENV:Header>
//     <SOAP-ENV:Body>
//         <SaveCustomerRequest>
//             <CrmCustomer addresseeLine1="Max Mustermann" addresseeLine2="" changingUser="123456">
//                 <CrmAddress addressId="2225355" addressTypeId="1" checkStatus="O" city="Wien" countryCode="AT" customerId="000071"/>
//                 <CrmPerson birthDay="30" birthMonth="8" birthYear="1977" birthday="1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00" birthdayNotProvided="false"/>
//             </CrmCustomer>
//         </SaveCustomerRequest>
//     </SOAP-ENV:Body>
// </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

// Look at the resulting srcXml.  The CrmCustomer subtree was removed.
Write-Debug loo_SrcXml.GetXml()

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
//     <soapenv:Header/>
//     <soapenv:Body>
//         <GetCustomerResponse xmlns="http://www.midoco.de/crm" xmlns:tns="http://www.midoco.de/ws"/>
//     </soapenv:Body>
// </soapenv:Envelope>


destroy loo_SrcXml
destroy loo_DestXml