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.DOMDocument
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement

Set objDOMDocument = New DOMDocument
objDOMDocument.async = False
objDOMDocument.Load "c:\temp\5000017.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]

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.DOMDocument40
3/ best way on msxml is using

set theNode = objDOMDocument.selectSingleNode(strXpath)
for one (first matching) node
or
set theNodeSet = objDOMDocument.selectNodes(strXpath)
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

 

[Sebastian Fey]

set theNode = objDOMDocument.selectSingleNode(strXpath)
for one (first matching) node
or
set theNodeSet = objDOMDocument.selectNodes(strXpath)
selectNodes for a node set (multiple matches)

dont forget

objDOMDocument.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"

to use XPath instead of MS pattern language