Visual Basic 6.0 Code - Reading XML

[Dan G.]

Hi there, I'm trying out the following code in order to read in an XML
document.

Private Sub GetXML_Click()
Dim objDOMDocument As MSXML.DOMDocume nt
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement

Set objDOMDocument = New DOMDocument
objDOMDocument. async = False
objDOMDocument. Load "c:\temp\500001 7.XML"
Set root = objDOMDocument. documentElement

For Each child In root.childnodes
MsgBox child.Text
Next
End Sub

....but, I'm getting a compile error on the first line, indicating that
it can't find the library. I'm sure it's something obvious, but I'm
not sure exactly where to go next. Can anyone offer some assistance??

Once I've gotten the XML loaded, I also need to parse the nodes and
find a specific id/name within the document. Any suggestions on how
to best achieve this????

Mucho Gracias!!!

Dan

[Colin Mackenzie]

Re: Visual Basic 6.0 Code - Reading XML

1/ Have you added a refererence to the Microsoft MSXML component (and has it
been installed on your machine)?
2/ Are you using the latest version (MSXML 4) if so use MSXML2.DOMDocum ent40
3/ best way on msxml is using

set theNode = objDOMDocument. selectSingleNod e(strXpath)
for one (first matching) node
or
set theNodeSet = objDOMDocument. selectNodes(str Xpath)
selectNodes for a node set (multiple matches)

strXPath is an Xpath expression describing the path to the node to be
selected

e.g.

"/root/items/item[(@id='F1') and (name='Fred')]"

If the ID is defined as a dataitem of type ID (in a DTD) then you can use
the xpath id function

"id('F1')"

Colin

"Dan G." <dan_givlin@man ulife.com> wrote in message
news:385b2e5f.0 306270432.61270 abe@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> Hi there, I'm trying out the following code in order to read in an XML
> document.
>
> Private Sub GetXML_Click()
> Dim objDOMDocument As MSXML.DOMDocume nt
> Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
>
> Set objDOMDocument = New DOMDocument
> objDOMDocument. async = False
> objDOMDocument. Load "c:\temp\500001 7.XML"
> Set root = objDOMDocument. documentElement
>
> For Each child In root.childnodes
> MsgBox child.Text
> Next
> End Sub
>
> ...but, I'm getting a compile error on the first line, indicating that
> it can't find the library. I'm sure it's something obvious, but I'm
> not sure exactly where to go next. Can anyone offer some assistance??
>
> Once I've gotten the XML loaded, I also need to parse the nodes and
> find a specific id/name within the document. Any suggestions on how
> to best achieve this????
>
> Mucho Gracias!!!
>
> Dan[/color]

[Sebastian Fey]

Re: Visual Basic 6.0 Code - Reading XML

[color=blue]
> set theNode = objDOMDocument. selectSingleNod e(strXpath)
> for one (first matching) node
> or
> set theNodeSet = objDOMDocument. selectNodes(str Xpath)
> selectNodes for a node set (multiple matches)[/color]

dont forget

objDOMDocument. setProperty "SelectionLangu age", "XPath"

to use XPath instead of MS pattern language