showxml Function

Syntax

Arguments

xmlCharacter

XML to display.

flagParseElementsAndAttributesLogical

Default = .t.. If .t., the __A5_elementContent and __A5_Xml_Manifest properties will be shown. If .f., they will be hidden. See *property_from_xml() for more information.

Description

Show an XML document and parse into an Xbasic dot variable.

Discussion

The showXML() function is a utility Xbasic function that is helpful in understanding the structure of an XML Document.

dim xml as c =<<%xml%
<name city-name="boston" state-name="ma" age="27">
    Fred Smith
</name>
%xml%

showXML(xml)

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Discussion

The image below shows the user interface displayed by the ShowXML() function.

The first image shows the XML pane where the raw XML is displayed. The second image shows the Xbasic Properties pane is shown where a tree view of the Xbasic variable (into which the XML has been parsed) is shown.

Limitations

Development/Desktop Environment Only