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>>>I want to extract values corresponding to different keys in the file.
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>But I want to learn the XML DOM functions and thought that someone might suggest a way to do it using XMLAdapter or some other DOM-specific functions.
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>Do you want a collection of any nodes that have key attributes?
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>The syntax for that is:
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>oy= ox.selectNodes("//*[@key]")
>? oy.length
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>Caveat: you can do it more efficiently if you know more about the structure of your document.
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>Or do you want to get just the valueof the node whose key matches a given value?
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>The syntax for that is:
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>oz = ox.selectSingleNode("//*[@key='key2']/@value").text
>? oz

I know the structure of the xml file, since I am the one creating it. What I do is try to put various global settings (similar to .net web.config) in an xml file. (I used to do it with .dbf file).

So I pretty much followed the web.config format and put the values I am trying to get into attributes.

Your examples look Greek to me <g>. Where do I learn about the syntax you use? Is it part of VFP documentation? I want to understand a little more about xml and how to work with them, rather than just copying your code.

Thank you for your help.

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