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XML.Format

Formats XML document.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example value
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	Optional 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. (new in 6.3)	0

Result

Returns XML or error.

Description

Examples

Format the document:

MBS("XML.Format"; Canonical XML::Input XML; 1)

Format removing namespace:

MBS( "XML.Format"; "<cfdi:Invoice invoiceTotal=\"450.24\"> </cfdi:Invoice>" ; 8)

Check if XML is valid:

MBS( "XML.Format"; "<hello></Hello>";0 )

Example result: [MBS] Failed to parse XML: Opening and ending tag mismatch: hello line 1 and Hello

See also

• Text.AddLineNumbers
• XML.Colorize
• XML.Parse

Example Databases

• DynaPDF/List XFA Streams
• XML/XML Test
• XML/Canonical XML
• XML/XML to JSON
• CURL/Amazon S3 Buckets

Blog Entries

• Neues MBS FileMaker Plugin 8.3
• MBS FileMaker Plugin 8.3 released
• Colorize JSON or XML in FileMaker with line numbers
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 7.5pr8
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.2pr10

Created 20th May 2016, last changed 2nd February 2018

XML.ExtractText   -   XML.GetAttribute

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