Replacing a Particular TEXT in XML file

[Vijay933]

I would like to know how to replace a particular text which is there across the XML file.

Sample:

<General><id extension="0" [b]root="1.366680386.0" [/b]/></General><Corporate><id extension="0" root="1.366680386.0" /></Corporate>

need to replace the text under the "root". Please share code/suggest how to go ahead

Edited August 4, 2011 by Vijay933

[Datenshi]

Eh, first of this isn't the help section of the forums. Second, i can hardly understand what you mean...I guess you want to replace "1.366680386.0". You either do that with StringRegExpReplace() Or use _StringBetween() which will give you the string(word/number) between two strings. For Example _StringBetween($string,'extension="0" root=', '/>') would return '"1.366680386.0"' You then use that string with StringReplace()

Edited August 4, 2011 by Datenshi

[skin27]

You can use the StringRegExpReplace() function for replacing strings. The best thing to do (if you want to work directly on the xml) is to take a look at the made by Eltorro. The thread has a lot of examples of Autoit working with xml and with this UDF you can use xpath on your xml file. For your specific case it's hard to give a good code example, because you only posted a part of the xml, but you may look at sample below:

Input:

<General>

<Corporate>

<id extension="0" root="1.366680386.0"/>

</Corporate>

<Corporate>

<id extension="0" root="1.366680386.0" />

</Corporate>

</General>

Sample Autoit Code:

#include <_XMLDomWrapper.au3>

$sFile = @ScriptDir & "\sample.xml"

If FileExists($sFile) Then

  $ret = _XMLFileOpen($sFile)
  If $ret = 0 Then Exit
 
  _XMLSetAttrib("//id","root","*")

EndIf

output:

<General>

<Corporate>

<id extension="0" root="*"/>

</Corporate>

<Corporate>

<id extension="0" root="*"/>

</Corporate>

</General>