PeterT
18 years agoOccasional Contributor
How to call 'Format XML' programmatically
Hi again
Does anyone know how to call 'Format XML' (as in the function available from the right-click menu when in a Request) programmatically?
I had to populate some elements in a request using the XMLParser method defined in the user docs. Usually I would use the much simpler methods on the XmlHolder class e.g.holder["//path"] = value but because I have a complex type that has 2 same named elements in them I couldn't get work out how to write to the second element.
e.g.
Anyway, I successfully managed to update the values but the new XML generated puts each tag or end tag on a new line and appears to add whitespace to some of the existing values. When I 'Format XML' this is remedied but I need to be able to call 'Format XML' from within my script.
If anyone can let me in on how to do this that'd be great.
Cheers
Peter
Does anyone know how to call 'Format XML' (as in the function available from the right-click menu when in a Request) programmatically?
I had to populate some elements in a request using the XMLParser method defined in the user docs. Usually I would use the much simpler methods on the XmlHolder class e.g.holder["//path"] = value but because I have a complex type that has 2 same named elements in them I couldn't get work out how to write to the second element.
e.g.
Anyway, I successfully managed to update the values but the new XML generated puts each tag or end tag on a new line and appears to add whitespace to some of the existing values. When I 'Format XML' this is remedied but I need to be able to call 'Format XML' from within my script.
If anyone can let me in on how to do this that'd be great.
Cheers
Peter