Header and special type in XML document

Rallnus

I search for a solution to get the following results:

The xml-Dokument should have a header like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>


Some nodes should have the extension "type.." or "version.."

<PARTY_ID type="buyer_specific">0662406</PARTY_ID>

or

<ORDERRESPONSE version="1.0">

How can i specialize a node like this?

Thx for your input..

jhoek

The XML declaration is a special type of processing instruction. Use the XMLDOMDocument's createProcessingInstruction and appendChild methods to add this to your document.

Attributes, such as "type" in your example, can most easily be set using the setAttribute method of an XMLDOMElement.

Rallnus

jhoek, thank you very much!
But I've got 2 problems left:

1. I get an error when i try to use the function "insert before", because it isn't allowed to insert a processing instruction before the first node.


2. when i read xml-files the import will break, when the file contents special signs like @, &... how can i improt files with these signs?

greetings, rallnus

jhoek

Ad 1.
Perhaps you should append the processing instruction before you do anything else. I used this technique several times and the past, and never experienced any problems. Post a snippet of your code to this forum if your problem persists.

Ad 2.
I think you should escape these special characters as follows:

& must be replaced with &
< must be replaced with <
> must be replaced with >
' must be replaced with '
" must be replaced with "

(the trailing semicolon is part of the entity)

jhoek

Ad 1.
Perhaps you should append the processing instruction before you do anything else. I used this technique several times and the past, and never experienced any problems. Post a snippet of your code to this forum if your problem persists.

Ad 2.
I think you should escape these special characters as follows:

& must be replaced with &
< must be replaced with <
> must be replaced with >
' must be replaced with '
" must be replaced with "

(the trailing semicolon is part of the entity)