>>>>Is there a function in VFP that will work to replace a string between two delimits? Just as STREXTRACT() allows to extract between two delimits, to write the changed string back.
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>>>Can you provide more details?
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>>I am trying to create a procedure/routine that will be used to change a "record" in an XML file. I can load xml into a cursor (using XMLTOCURSOR). Then user will have a chance to make changes to this "record" and I need to save it back to the XML. Hence I need a way to replace the old "record" with the new one.
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>Stuff()
I did look at the Stuff() in help but didn't see how it would apply to what I was trying to do. But, if you read my exchange with Sergey, my approach was wrong to begin with (using STREXTRACT()). I should have just used XMLTOCURSOR() and CURSORTOXML(). Which I will try.
Thank you.
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