Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: XML.Compact

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XML.Compact

Compacts XML document.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
XML	10.2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "XML.Compact"; XML; Flags ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

XML The XML to process.
Can be XML as text or the reference returned by XML.Parse function, so you can make several times changes to the XML without parsing it each time. "<test>Hello</test>"

Flags Various Flags.
Add 1 to ignore errors in xml and continue parsing. This may lead to not everything in the xml being read.
Add 8 to remove all namespaces before query to have queries easier. 0

Parameter	Description	Example
XML	The XML to process. Can be XML as text or the reference returned by XML.Parse function, so you can make several times changes to the XML without parsing it each time.	"<test>Hello</test>"
Flags	Various Flags. Add 1 to ignore errors in xml and continue parsing. This may lead to not everything in the xml being read. Add 8 to remove all namespaces before query to have queries easier.	0

Result

Returns XML text or error.

Description

Compacts XML document.
Removes spaces and returns to make compact representation to save network bandwidth for transmitting or disk space for storage.

Examples

Compact the document:

MBS("XML.Compact"; XML::Input XML; 1)

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Release notes

Version 10.2
- Added XML.Compact function.

Created 27th April 2020, last changed 11st May 2020

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