XMLChildExist (Function)

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XMLChildExist (Function)

In french: XMLFilsExiste

Specifies whether the current tag has children corresponding to the sought type (tag, attribute, ...).

Example

MyDoc is string
MyDoc = fLoadText("example.xml")
XMLDocument("example ", MyDoc)
IF ErrorOccurred = True THEN
	Error("the file is not in XML format")
	RETURN
END
// Browses the file and specifies whether the tag has an attribute
XMLFind("example", Null)
WHILE XMLOut("example") = False
	IF XMLChildExist("example", XMLAttribute)
		Trace(XMLElementName("example") + " has attributes")
	ELSE
		Trace(XMLElementName("example") + " has no attribute")
	END
	XMLNext("example")
END
XMLClose("example")

Syntax

<Result> = XMLChildExist(<XML document> [, <Type of child element>])

<Result>: Boolean

True if the current tag has children of the specified type,
False otherwise.

<XML document>: Character string

Name of the XML document used. This document contains the XML code to study and it was created by XMLDocument.

<Type of child element>: Optional Integer constant

Type of child element:
XMLAttribute Searches for the Attribute child elements associated with the current tag.
XMLAttribute + XMLTag Searches for the Tag child elements OR for the Attribute child elements associated with the current tag.
XMLTag Searches for the Tag child elements associated with the current tag.

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.

Business / UI classification: Business Logic

Component: wd300xml.dll