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Oct 15, 2009
01:30 PM
Using XPath Expressions to Find XML Data in an XML File...
Using Basic MSI, IS 2009 Premier:
I'm trying to use Using XPath Expressions to Find XML Data in an XML File to modify a couple of elements in my config file. Below is the sample from the help file:
Bill's Great Biography
John's Great Biography
The help file clearly states how to modify Book, but what if Biographies can be modified as well?
Bill's Great Biography
John's Great Biography
When I try to modify Biographies Type and Book Author, Type gets changed but Author does not.
How do I modify both Biographies and Book?
Thanks!
I'm trying to use Using XPath Expressions to Find XML Data in an XML File to modify a couple of elements in my config file. Below is the sample from the help file:
The help file clearly states how to modify Book, but what if Biographies can be modified as well?
When I try to modify Biographies Type and Book Author, Type gets changed but Author does not.
How do I modify both Biographies and Book?
Thanks!
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Oct 15, 2009
05:55 PM
In XML File Changes view set parent element name as follows:
Biographies[@Type]
You can set the child elements as normal.
A real life scenario for this problem is if you want to use IS to set mailSettings in a config file:
Note that when you import this with IS, the default Element Name for smtp will be: smtp[@from="helpdesk@companyname.com"]
Including the value of an attribute is not a problem if you don't have any child elements to update, but it's a show-stopper if you do.
Every time I updated @from I could never update the @host and @port attributes - because
didn't exist.
Hope this helps someone...
Biographies[@Type]
You can set the child elements as normal.
A real life scenario for this problem is if you want to use IS to set mailSettings in a config file:
Note that when you import this with IS, the default Element Name for smtp will be: smtp[@from="helpdesk@companyname.com"]
Including the value of an attribute is not a problem if you don't have any child elements to update, but it's a show-stopper if you do.
Every time I updated @from I could never update the @host and @port attributes - because
didn't exist.
Hope this helps someone...
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