Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: XML.ReadContainer

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XML.ReadContainer

Reads container content as XML.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
XML	7.4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "XML.ReadContainer"; Container { ; Flags } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Container The container value to read as XML file.

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 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Container	The container value to read as XML file.
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	Optional

Result

Returns XML reference or error.

Description

Reads container content as XML.
The document stays in memory and can be queried several times as needed.
If you need to query a lot of values, please parse once first. Else all XML functions need to parse again on each call.
Please use XML.Release later to free document from memory.

By passing XML directly from file content to XML engine, we avoid any corruption due to wrong encoding or line endings.

Examples

Read XML from container:

MBS( "XML.ReadContainer"; Test::XMLContainer )

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Release notes

Version 9.3
- Fixed memory leak in XML.ReadContainer function.
Version 7.4
- Added XML.ReadContainer and XML.ReadFile functions.

Created 17th September 2017, last changed 17th September 2017

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