XMLnodes and childs

[Philip Wagenaar]

I have a xml file like:

<root>
<item>
<car type="4wd">
<manufactored>1-1-1999</manufactored>
<color>red</color>
<length>2.40m</length>
</car
</item>
<item>
<car type="bus">
<manufactored>1-1-1999</manufactored>
<color>red</color>
<length>2.40m</length>
</car
</item>
</root>

If a car type is bus then I want to change it's length. I have the following
code:

Dim xmld As XmlDocument
Dim nodelist As XmlNodeList
Dim node As XmlNode
xmld = New XmlDocument
xmld.Load(CmdArgs(1))
nodelist = xmld.SelectNodes("/root/item/car")
For Each node In nodelist
If node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("type").Value =
"bus" Then
'change length
End If
Next

The code checks what type the car is. Now I can want to access <length>. I
only found an example that uses node.ChildNodes.Item(0).InnerText etc.. but
that depends on childnodes to be in a particulair sequence. How can I change
the value of length if I do not know which childnodeitem contains <length>?
Do I need to create for each loop to check this?

[Matt]

node.item("length").innertext
Philip Wagenaar wrote:

I have a xml file like:

<root>
<item>
<car type="4wd">
<manufactored>1-1-1999</manufactored>
<color>red</color>
<length>2.40m</length>
</car
</item>
<item>
<car type="bus">
<manufactored>1-1-1999</manufactored>
<color>red</color>
<length>2.40m</length>
</car
</item>
</root>

If a car type is bus then I want to change it's length. I have the following
code:

Dim xmld As XmlDocument
Dim nodelist As XmlNodeList
Dim node As XmlNode
xmld = New XmlDocument
xmld.Load(CmdArgs(1))
nodelist = xmld.SelectNodes("/root/item/car")
For Each node In nodelist
If node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("type").Value =
"bus" Then
'change length
End If
Next

The code checks what type the car is. Now I can want to access <length>. I
only found an example that uses node.ChildNodes.Item(0).InnerText etc.. but
that depends on childnodes to be in a particulair sequence. How can I change
the value of length if I do not know which childnodeitem contains <length>?
Do I need to create for each loop to check this?

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi Philip,

How is the thing going?
Did Matt's suggestion help you?
If you still have any concern, please feel free to post here.
Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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