xml and xpath

Hello,

I'm trying to understan how DOM works.

I have xml etc.:

Code:

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<root>
  <file>
    <Filename>file1.txt</Filename>
    <Atributes>
      <Atribute>ReadOnly</Atribute>
      <Atribute>Hidden</Atribute>
    </Atributes>
  </file>
  <file>
    <Filename>file2.txt</Filename>
    <Atributes>
      <Atribute>Hidden</Atribute>
    </Atributes>
  </file>
</root>

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To select file "file2.txt" I use this code:

VB Code:

Dim oXMLDoc As MSXML2.DOMDocument40
Dim oXMLNode As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode
Dim oXMLNodeList As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNodeList
Set oXMLDoc = New MSXML2.DOMDocument40
 
oXMLDoc.async = False
oXMLDoc.resolveExternals = True
 
oXMLDoc.Load ("C:\files.xml")
oXMLDoc.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
 
Set oXMLNodeList = oXMLDoc.selectNodes("/root/file[Filename='file2.txt']")
 
If oXMLNodeList.length <> 1 Then
exit sub 'there is 0 or more files with same filename
else
'now I want to read all atributes to string
 
For Each oXMLNode In oXMLNodeList(0).selectNodes("//Atribute")
Atributes = Atributes & oXMLNode.Text  & ", "
Next
 
end if

It retunrs "ReadOnly, Hidden, Hidden, " but not only result for that file ("Hidden")

I do know want to use loops, becourse it must be as fast as can be.

In short, what "//Atribute" does (more specifically, the "//"), is return all Atribute nodes, wherever they may exist within the XML tree.

You should modify your code to:

VB Code:

If oXMLNodeList.length <> 1 Then
    exit sub 'there is 0 or more files with same filename
else
    'now I want to read all atributes to string
    For Each oXMLNode In oXMLNodeList(0).selectNodes("[B]Atribute[/B]")
        Atributes = Atributes & oXMLNode.Text  & ", "
    Next
end if