XMLBuildString (Function)

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XMLBuildString (Function)

In french: XMLConstruitChaîne

Retrieves and formats the content of an XML document. This XML document could:

have been created with XMLDocument and modified with the XML functions.
correspond to an xmlDocument variable.

Example

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XMLSource is string
Res is boolean
// Load the XML content
XMLSource = fLoadText("example.xml")

// Create the XML document
Res = XMLDocument("XMLDoc", XMLSource)

// Modify the XML document
...

// Retrieve and format the XML document
XMLSource = XMLBuildString("XMLDoc")

// Save the XML file
fSaveText("ModifiedExample.xml", XMLSource)

Syntax

Retrieving the source of an XML document created by XMLDocument Hide the details

<Result> = XMLBuildString(<Name of the XML document> [, <Creation options> [, <Output format>]])

<Result>: Character string

Formatted XML document. This result can be:
handled in memory.
...

<Name of the XML document>: Character string

Name of XML document to format. This document was created by XMLDocument and it was modified by the XML functions.

<Creation options>: Optional Integer constant

Combination of following values:
XMLCurrentPosition Generates the XML code from the current position in the XML document (instead of the root).
XMLDocumentDefault
(default value) Generates the XML code with a header and from the root.
XMLFormatting Generates XML code with formatting (indentation and carriage returns).
XMLNoHeader Generates the XML code without header.

<Output format>: Optional Integer constant

Indicates the encoding used in the file header:
XMLEncodingIso8859_1 Encoding according to the Latin character set
XMLEncodingIso8859_2 Encoding according to Iso8859_2
XMLEncodingIso8859_3 Encoding according to Iso8859_3
XMLEncodingIso8859_4 Encoding according to Iso8859_4
XMLEncodingIso8859_5 Encoding according to Iso8859_5
XMLEncodingIso8859_6 Encoding according to Iso8859_6
XMLEncodingIso8859_7 Encoding according to Iso8859_7
XMLEncodingIso8859_8 Encoding according to Iso8859_8
XMLEncodingIso8859_9 Encoding according to Iso8859_9
XMLEncodingIso8859_15 Latin-9 encoding
XMLEncodingUTF8 UNICODE 8 encoding
XMLEncodingUTF16 UNICODE encoding
Remark: in this case, XMLBuildString generates a 2-byte header to specify the byte order.
XMLNoEncoding
(Default value) No encoding

Retrieving the source of an XML document found in an xmlDocument variable Hide the details

<Result> = XMLBuildString(<XML document> [, <Creation options>])

<Result>: Character string

Formatted XML document. This result can be:
handled in memory.
...

<XML document>: xmlDocument variable

xmlDocument variable containing the XML document to format.
Caution: The encoding of the result is defined by the Encoding property of the xmlDocument variable. If no encoding is specified, the XML document will be encoded in UTF-8.

<Creation options>: Optional Integer constant

Combination of following values:
XMLDocumentDefault
(default value) Generates the XML code with a header and from the root.
XMLFormatting Generates XML code with formatting (indentation and carriage returns).
XMLNoHeader Generates the XML code without header.

Remarks

XML functions and threads

If your application uses threads, the XML document is shared between all these threads. For more details on threads, see Managing threads.

Component: wd270xml.dll