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XML Sort by Tag

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Demonstrates the SortByTag method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>

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Local $bSuccess = False

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
Local $oXSortRoot

;  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
$bSuccess = $oXml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort1.xml")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oXml.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
$oXSortRoot = $oXml.FindChild("fruits")

;  Sort in ascending order.
Local $bAscending = True
$oXSortRoot.SortByTag $bAscending

;  Show the result:
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

;  <root>
;      <fruits>
;          <apple>
;              <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
;              <gala>blah</gala>
;              <fuji>blah</fuji>
;              <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
;              <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
;          </apple>
;          <banana>blah</banana>
;          <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
;          <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
;          <orange>blah</orange>
;          <pear>blah</pear>
;      </fruits>
;  </root>

;  Sort the direct children under the "apple" node:
$bSuccess = $oXSortRoot.FindChild2("apple")

$oXSortRoot.SortByTag $bAscending
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

;  <root>
;      <fruits>
;          <apple>
;              <fuji>blah</fuji>
;              <gala>blah</gala>
;              <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
;              <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
;              <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
;          </apple>
;          <banana>blah</banana>
;          <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
;          <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
;          <orange>blah</orange>
;          <pear>blah</pear>
;      </fruits>
;  </root>