fr4g3r Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 Hello,this is the first time I have to edit a xml file and I need some help with that.Here is the file:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>showTrayIcon</key> <false></false> <key>initialized</key> <true></true> <key>boomeranged</key> <false></false> <array> <dict> <key>uIdentifier</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>type</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>bDisabled</key> <false></false> <key>bOverrideOSPolicy</key> <false></false> </dict> </array> </dict> </plist>Now under the <key>bDisabled</key> I want to change <false></false> to <true></true>.I know that there is an UDF _XMLDomWrapper.au3 but I don't know how to use it.Could someone please help me with that?Thank you very much
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jdelaney Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) wow, that XML structure is horrible. Is that some products XML, or something you created?Generally, when something is related to something, it would be an attribute, or a child element like this...so you can reliably grab the element every time:<something><enabled>true</enabled></something<something @enabled='true' />or at least a key value pairing...<element @key='enabled' @value='true'/>I'll give you an example working with that terrible XML in a minute.Another edit...to actually require the script to delete and add new elements...I mean, my mind is blown at the deficiencies of this xml :). Edited November 7, 2015 by jdelaney IEbyXPATH-Grab IE DOM objects by XPATH IEscriptRecord-Makings of an IE script recorder ExcelFromXML-Create Excel docs without excel installed GetAllWindowControls-Output all control data on a given window.
jdelaney Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) Here you go...I implore you to create a better structure using one of the three examples I provided.expandcollapse popupLocal $oErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "Var_ErrFunc") $sXML = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' & @CRLF & _ '<plist version="1.0">' & @CRLF & _ ' <dict>' & @CRLF & _ ' <key>showTrayIcon</key>' & @CRLF & _ ' <false></false>' & @CRLF & _ ' <key>initialized</key>' & @CRLF & _ ' <true></true>' & @CRLF & _ ' <key>boomeranged</key>' & @CRLF & _ ' <false></false>' & @CRLF & _ ' <array>' & @CRLF & _ ' <dict>' & @CRLF & _ ' <key>uIdentifier</key>' & @CRLF & _ ' <integer>2</integer>' & @CRLF & _ ' <key>type</key>' & @CRLF & _ ' <integer>1</integer>' & @CRLF & _ ' <key>bDisabled</key>' & @CRLF & _ ' <false></false>' & @CRLF & _ ' <key>bOverrideOSPolicy</key>' & @CRLF & _ ' <false></false>' & @CRLF & _ ' </dict>' & @CRLF & _ ' </array>' & @CRLF & _ ' </dict>' & @CRLF & _ '</plist>' Local $oXML = ObjCreate("Microsoft.XMLDOM") $oXML.loadxml($sXML) $oKey = $oXML.SelectSingleNode("//key[text()='bDisabled']") $oTrueOrFalse = $oKey.nextSibling If $oTrueOrFalse.NodeName = 'false' Then $oTrueOrFalse.parentnode.removeChild($oTrueOrFalse) $oNew = $oXML.createElement('true') $oKey.parentNode.insertBefore($oNew,$oKey.nextSibling) EndIf ConsoleWrite($oKey.parentNode.xml & @CRLF)ConsoleOutput:<dict> <key>uIdentifier</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>type</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>bDisabled</key> <true/><key>bOverrideOSPolicy</key> <false></false></dict>I'd do something like this:$sXML = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' & @CRLF & _ '<plist version="1.0">' & @CRLF & _ ' <element key="bDisabled" value="false"/>' & @CRLF & _ '</plist>' Local $oXML = ObjCreate("Microsoft.XMLDOM") $oXML.loadxml($sXML) $oKey = $oXML.SelectSingleNode("//element[@key='bDisabled']") $oKey.SetAttribute("value","true") ; but i would suggest using [1|0] instead ConsoleWrite($oKey.parentnode.xml)much, much, much easier AND reliable. Edited November 7, 2015 by jdelaney IEbyXPATH-Grab IE DOM objects by XPATH IEscriptRecord-Makings of an IE script recorder ExcelFromXML-Create Excel docs without excel installed GetAllWindowControls-Output all control data on a given window.
mikell Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 This could also be done with the usual regex brute way $txt = FileRead("1.xml") $res = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(?s).*bDisabled</key>\s+\K(\N+)', "<true></true>") Msgbox(0,"", $res)
fr4g3r Posted November 9, 2015 Author Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) Hello,first thank you for all your help!It's a products XML, so I can't change the structure Maybe it is important to know too that the key bDisabled could be several times in that file and every entry should be change to <true></true>.In the spoiler below you can find an example of the whole xml.<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "Something" "http://url.com/123.dtd"><plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>showTrayIcon</key> <false></false> <key>initialized</key> <true></true> <key>boomeranged</key> <false></false> <key>proxyLocalHost</key> <false></false> <key>loggingLevel</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>nextIdentifier</key> <integer>4</integer> <key>autoUpdateTime</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>localPubringFile</key> <string></string> <key>localSecringFile</key> <string></string> <key>downloadURL</key> <string></string> <key>installer</key> <string></string> <key>userInstaller</key> <string></string> <key>win32LogWindowData</key> <data>123456==</data> <key>availableOCVersion</key> <data></data> <key>accounts</key> <array> <dict> <key>uIdentifier</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>type</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>bDisabled</key> <false></false> <key>bOverrideOSPolicy</key> <false></false> <key>pszTitle</key> <string></string> <key>pszAuthuser</key> <string></string> <key>pszAccountID</key> <string></string> <key>pszAddress</key> <string>something@something.something</string> <key>msIncoming</key> <dict> <key>type</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>protocol</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>dir</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>uIP</key> <integer>-123456</integer> <key>uFlags</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>usRemotePort</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>usLocalPort</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>szAddress</key> <string>something.something.something</string> </dict> <key>msOutgoing</key> <dict> <key>type</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>protocol</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>dir</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>uIP</key> <integer>-123456</integer> <key>uFlags</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>usRemotePort</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>usLocalPort</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>szAddress</key> <string>something.something.something</string> </dict> <key>ovidserver</key> <dict> <key>type</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>pszServerAddress</key> <string>something.something.something</string> <key>pszUserAddress</key> <string></string> <key>timeUpdated</key> <integer>123456</integer> <key>uServerVersion</key> <integer>123456</integer> <key>uAllowedKeyModes</key> <integer>123456</integer> <key>uKeyMode</key> <integer>123456</integer> <key>bLearnMode</key> <false></false> <key>bDirectorySyncEnabled</key> <true></true> <key>bUserDisabled</key> <false></false> <key>bAllowUserOverride</key> <false></false> <key>uKeyGenType</key> <integer>123456</integer> <key>uKeyGenSize</key> <integer>123456</integer> <key>uKeyGenFlags</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>bMinPhraseLength</key> <true></true> <key>iMinPhraseLength</key> <integer>123456</integer> <key>bMinPhraseQuality</key> <true></true> <key>iMinPhraseQuality</key> <integer>123456</integer> <key>bUseTokenForKeyGen</key> <false></false> <key>bOOMSSupport</key> <true></true> <key>pszPreferredKeyserver</key> <string>ldap://something.something.something</string> <key>keyidADK</key> <string>0x123456</string> <key>keyidOrg</key> <string>0x123456</string> <key>pbOrgCertIASN</key> <data></data> <key>palgKeyGenCiphers</key> <array> <integer>1</integer> <integer>2</integer> <integer>3</integer> <integer>4</integer> <integer>5</integer> </array> <key>palgKeyGenHashes</key> <array> <integer>6</integer> <integer>7</integer> <integer>89</integer> </array> <key>palgKeyGenCompressions</key> <array> <integer>1</integer> <integer>2</integer> </array> <key>ppszManagedDomains</key> <array> <string>something.something</string> <string>something2.something2</string> </array> <key>ppszKeysourceMaps</key> <array> <string>something.something.something=something (ldap://something.something.something:someport)</string> <string>something.$ADDRESS_DOMAIN=something (ldap://something.$ADDRESS_DOMAIN:someport)</string> </array> <key>bStorePassphrase</key> <false></false> <key>pszPassphrase</key> <string></string> <key>bAllowDefaultKey</key> <false></false> <key>pbEncryptedCookie</key> <data>something/+</data> <key>keyidPrivateKey</key> <string>0x123456</string> <key>bPrivateKeyReset</key> <false></false> <key>bPrivateKeyOnToken2</key> <false></false> <key>bCachePhraseAtLogon</key> <true></true> <key>pszGPXMLServerBlob</key> <data>something</data> <key>pszGPHTMLServerBlob</key> <data>something</data> <key>pszGPXMLStandaloneBlob</key> <data>something</data> <key>pszGPHTMLStandaloneBlob</key> <data>something</data> </dict> <key>puPolicyIDList</key> <array> <integer>-1</integer> <integer>-2</integer> <integer>-3</integer> <integer>-4</integer> <integer>-5</integer> <integer>-6</integer> <integer>-7</integer> </array> <key>pszAltDisplayNm</key> <string>Something, Something</string> <key>ppszAltIds</key> <array> <string>Something.Something@Something.Something</string> <string>CN=Something Something/OU=Something/O=Something@Something</string> </array> </dict> <dict> <key>uIdentifier</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>type</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>bDisabled</key> <false></false> <key>bOverrideOSPolicy</key> <false></false> <key>pszTitle</key> <string>Something Something</string> <key>pszAuthuser</key> <string>Something Something</string> <key>pszAccountID</key> <string>CN=Something Something/OU=Something/O=Something@Something</string> <key>pszAddress</key> <string>Something.Something@Something.Something</string> <key>msIncoming</key> <dict> <key>type</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>protocol</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>dir</key> <integer>3</integer> <key>uIP</key> <integer>4</integer> <key>uFlags</key> <integer>5</integer> <key>usRemotePort</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>usLocalPort</key> <integer>7</integer> <key>szAddress</key> <string>*</string> </dict> <key>msOutgoing</key> <dict> <key>type</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>protocol</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>dir</key> <integer>3</integer> <key>uIP</key> <integer>4</integer> <key>uFlags</key> <integer>5</integer> <key>usRemotePort</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>usLocalPort</key> <integer>7</integer> <key>szAddress</key> <string>*</string> </dict> <key>ovidserver</key> <dict> <key>type</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>pszServerAddress</key> <string>Something.Something.Something</string> <key>pszUserAddress</key> <string>Something.Something@Something.Something</string> <key>timeUpdated</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>uServerVersion</key> <integer>3</integer> <key>uAllowedKeyModes</key> <integer>4</integer> <key>uKeyMode</key> <integer>5</integer> <key>bLearnMode</key> <false></false> <key>bDirectorySyncEnabled</key> <false></false> <key>bUserDisabled</key> <false></false> <key>bAllowUserOverride</key> <false></false> <key>uKeyGenType</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>uKeyGenSize</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>uKeyGenFlags</key> <integer>3</integer> <key>bMinPhraseLength</key> <false></false> <key>iMinPhraseLength</key> <integer>4</integer> <key>bMinPhraseQuality</key> <false></false> <key>iMinPhraseQuality</key> <integer>5</integer> <key>bUseTokenForKeyGen</key> <false></false> <key>bOOMSSupport</key> <false></false> <key>pszPreferredKeyserver</key> <string></string> <key>keyidADK</key> <string></string> <key>keyidOrg</key> <string></string> <key>pbOrgCertIASN</key> <data></data> <key>bStorePassphrase</key> <false></false> <key>pszPassphrase</key> <string></string> <key>bAllowDefaultKey</key> <false></false> <key>pbEncryptedCookie</key> <data></data> <key>keyidPrivateKey</key> <string></string> <key>bPrivateKeyReset</key> <false></false> <key>bPrivateKeyOnToken2</key> <false></false> <key>bCachePhraseAtLogon</key> <false></false> <key>pszGPXMLServerBlob</key> <data></data> <key>pszGPHTMLServerBlob</key> <data></data> <key>pszGPXMLStandaloneBlob</key> <data></data> <key>pszGPHTMLStandaloneBlob</key> <data></data> </dict> <key>puPolicyIDList</key> <array> <integer>-1</integer> <integer>-2</integer> <integer>-3</integer> <integer>-4</integer> <integer>-5</integer> <integer>-6</integer> <integer>-7</integer> </array> <key>pszAltDisplayNm</key> <string>Something Something</string> </dict> </array> </dict></plist> @jdelaney Could you give me a hint how to do that change with your code to a xml file?You wrote the input directly to the variable $sXML, how to change that to read from file, then write to file and save it?I tried it with $sXML = @ScriptDir & "\product.xml"or$sXML = FileRead(@ScriptDir & "\product.xml")but both didn't work.As you mentioned above, your code adds an element with <true/> but as the structure is given I need an <true></true>.Could you help me with that too?Sorry for the maybe "silly" questions, but as you maybe noticed I'm not very familiar with editing a xml in autoit. @mikellThanks for your code too, I tried that with the following code but it didn't replace the key it adds a new entry at another point in the file.$xmlfile = @ScriptDir & "\product.xml" $txt = FileRead($xmlfile) FileWrite($xmlfile, StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(?s).*bDisabled</key>\s+\K(\N+)', "<true></true>") Edited November 9, 2015 by fr4g3r
mikell Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 Ah ok, to replace several times use thisAnd don't forget to use the appropriate flag if you want to overwrite#include <FileConstants.au3> $XML = @ScriptDir & "\product.xml" $txt = FileRead($XML) $res = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(bDisabled</key>\s+)(\N+)', "$1<true></true>") $file = FileOpen($XML, $FO_OVERWRITE) ; <<< Write mode (erase previous contents) FileWrite($file, $res) FileClose($file)
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