VBScript

XML NewChildBefore

Demonstrates the Chilkat.NewChildBefore method. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set xml = CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")

xml.Tag = "order"
xml.NewChild2 "order_billing_info|price_list","Listino Italia"
xml.NewChild2 "order_billing_info|price_list_id","1"
xml.NewChild2 "order_billing_info|first_name","Francesco"

outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

' We now have the following XML:

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
' <order>
'     <order_billing_info>
'         <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
'         <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
'         <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
'     </order_billing_info>
' </order>

' If there is no "customer_id" element under "order_billing_info", then add it.
If (xml.HasChildWithTag("order_billing_info|customer_id") = 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("customer_id already exists, nothing to do...")
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Add the customer_id element just before the "price_list" element.

' Get the "order_billing_info" element
' orderBillingInfo is a Chilkat.Xml
Set orderBillingInfo = xml.FindChild("order_billing_info")

' Call NewChildBefore to add an XML element <customer_id> before <price_list>
' First get the index of the element price_list
index = orderBillingInfo.TagIndex("price_list")
outFile.WriteLine("index = " & index)

' Add the "customer_id" element just before specified index.
' xCustId is a Chilkat.Xml
Set xCustId = orderBillingInfo.NewChildBefore(index,"customer_id","1234")

outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

' We now have:

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
' <order>
'     <order_billing_info>
'         <customer_id>1234</customer_id>
'         <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
'         <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
'         <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
'     </order_billing_info>
' </order>

outFile.Close