Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Component: XML

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Component: XML

Functions for working on XML text.

With XPath queries you can query values or lists from XML.

Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
3.0 / 11.5	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

Item	Details
Dictionary.ToXML Returns XML representation of dictionary for data exchange.	All 6.1
XML.ApplyStylesheet Apply the stylesheet to the document (XSLT transform).	All 8.4
XML.ApplyStylesheet2 Apply the stylesheet to the document (XSLT transform).	All 11.5
XML.Canonical Creates canonical xml.	All 6.2
XML.ClearVariables Clears the variables.	All 7.0
XML.Colorize Formats a XML string with color.	All 8.2
XML.Compact Compacts XML document.	All 10.2
XML.DeletePath Delete a xml node.	All 7.4
XML.ExtractText Extracts the text from the XML tree.	All 7.0
XML.Format Formats XML document.	All 6.2
XML.GetAttribute Queries text of an attribute.	All 7.0
XML.GetPathValue Queries value in XML.	All 7.4
XML.HasAttribute Queries whether an attribute exists.	All 7.0
XML.Import Imports XML and creates tables, fields and records.	All 5.3
XML.Import.Cancel Cancels current import.	All 5.3
XML.Import.ErrorCount Queries error counter.	All 9.3
XML.Import.Errors Queries list of error messages.	All 9.3
XML.Import.SetBaseFields Sets the names of the base fields per record.	All 7.1
XML.Import.SetExtraField Sets the extra field to add to all tables.	All 7.1
XML.Import.Status Queries status of xml import.	All 5.3
XML.Import.Todo Queries how many items are to be done for XML import.	All 5.3
XML.Import.Total Queries total items to be imported.	All 5.3
XML.Import.Work Performs import.	All 5.4
XML.ItemRefs Queries entries from XML nodes.	All 11.5
XML.ListAttributes Lists attribute names.	All 7.0
XML.NodeCount Counts nodes with given name.	All 7.0
XML.NodeNames Queries list of node names in an XML.	All 7.0
XML.Parse Parses a XML document.	All 7.3
XML.Query Performs an XPath query.	All 3.0
XML.ReadContainer Reads container content as XML.	All 7.4
XML.ReadFile Reads a file as XML.	All 7.4
XML.Release Releases an XML object.	All 7.3
XML.ReleaseAll Releases all XML objects.	All 7.3
XML.SetPathCData Sets path value with CData.	All 11.1
XML.SetPathValue Sets a xml node.	All 7.4
XML.SetPathXML Sets path value with XML sub tree.	All 8.1
XML.SetVariables Creates local variables in script for XML nodes.	All 7.0
XML.SubTree Extracts a given subtree.	All 7.0
XML.ToJSON Converts XML to JSON.	All 8.2
XML.Validate Validates XML against schema.	All 8.1
XML.ValidateFile Validates XML against schema.	All 8.2

41 functions shown.

Release notes

Version 11.5
- Added XML.ApplyStylesheet2 function.
- Added XML.ItemRefs function.
- Fixed error message reporting problem for XML.ApplyStylesheet function.
Version 11.4
- Added possibility to use backslash in XML.GetPathValue to mask dots in xml node names.
- Changed XML.SetVariables to assign XML block if item is a xml tree and not recursive.
- Fixed an issue with XML.Import not parsing huge XML files with big text nodes correctly.
Version 11.3
- Added flag 16 for XML.Query to only return first item of result.
- Added flag 32 for XML.Query to return multiple XML nodes as a list with each as XML.
- Changed JSON.Import and XML.Import to be per thread, so they work better on server with multiple parallel scripts.
Version 11.2
- Added new flags for XML.ToJSON to detect numbers and booleans better.
- Fixed problem with XML.ExtractText and XML.GetPathValue not seeing all text if there are XML nodes within a text block.
- Improved XML functions (on Windows) to better handle unknown encodings.
Version 11.1
- Added XML.SetPathCData function.
Version 10.5
- Changed XML.ToJSON and added option for compacter attributes processing.
Version 10.4
- Changed JSON.ToXML to recreate attributes stored as @attributes entry by XML.ToJSON function.
- Fixed bug in XML.NodeCount and XML.NodeNames, where root node was counted when we had no children.
- Improved text encoding handling for XML Parsing in XML functions, Menu.DefineQuickMenuXML and Clipboard functions.
Version 10.2
- Added XML.Compact function.
- Changed XML.ValidateFile to accept schema as XML file path.
Version 10.0
- Fixed XML.ApplyStylesheet to return empty string if result should be empty.
- Improved CData handling for XML.ToJSON function.

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