NsisXML plug-in (by Joel)

Description

A plugin to parse (read) xml files using XPATH syntax.

Description

nsisXML plugin to create and parse XML files using MSXML 2.6 (hope Win98 and better have it)

Instructions:
- Copy nsisXML.dll to Plugins and nsisXML.nsh to include directories
- Read this readme and example files.

[Build]

Displays the build version of the plugin. Example: ${nsisXML->Build} ${VAR_RET}

[xPath]

Uses xPath syntax to parse and get strings from elements or attributes values. Example: ${nsisXML->xPath} "PATH_OF_XML_FILE" "XPATH_INSTRUCTION" ${VAR_RET}

[Create]

Creates, in memory, the template of the xml file. Example: ${nsisXML->Create}

[CreateElement]

Let's you create a xml element, from the parent document or from another node. Note: use "XPATH_INSTRUCTION" to locate a node where to put the new element; empty param means the element will be the first child; also "DO_TAB" will make a "tidy" element, use "1" as param to make it, other wise empty means the element will not have tidy (see example #2). Example: ${nsisXML->CreateElement} "XPATH_INSTRUCTION" "STRING_ELEMENT" "DO_TAB"

[CreateComment]

Creates a comment after an element. Example: ${nsisXML->CreateComment} "XPATH_INSTRUCTION" "STRING_COMMENT"

[SetElementAttr]

Adds an attribute and its value to an element. Example: ${nsisXML->SetElementAttr} "XPATH_INSTRUCTION" "Attribute" "Value"

[SetElementText]

Sets the text for an element. Example: ${nsisXML->SetElementText} "XPATH_INSTRUCTION" "STRING_TEXT"

[Display]

Shows in a MessageBox How's your xml tree going. Example: ${nsisXML->Display}

[Release]

Frees the memory from the xml template and save the xml into a file. Example: ${nsisXML->Release} "PATH_OF_XML_FILE"

[OpenXML]

Opens a xml file. Example: ${nsisXML->OpenXML} "PATH_OF_XML_FILE"

[LoadXML]

Loads a xml string tree Example: ${nsisXML->LoadXML} "PATH_OF_THE_FUTURE_XML_FILE" "XML_STRING_TREE"

[CloseXML]

Closes 'OpenXML' or 'LoadXML' functions and saves the updates made to the file. Example: ${nsisXML->CloseXML}

[xml]

Dump in a output var, the xml tree. Example: ${nsisXML->xml} ${VAR_RET}

[removeChild]

Remove an element, upon of the selected index of the node that have it. Example: ${nsisXML->removeChild} "XPATH_INSTRUCTION" "index_of_the_child_to_remove"

[removeAttr]

Remove an attribute, upon of the selected name. Example: ${nsisXML->removeChild} "XPATH_INSTRUCTION" "name_of_the_attribute_to_remove"

[TidyFile]

Makes the XML string from a <file> cuter :), see example #9. Example: ${nsisXML->TestFile}

[TestBegin]

Creates a template of XML in the memory, no need params and they are just for testing tasks (see example #8). Example: ${nsisXML->TestBegin}

[TestXML]

Loads a xml string to test your xpath syntaxes. Example: ${nsisXML->TestXML}

[TestFile]

Loads a xml file to test your xpath syntaxes. Example: ${nsisXML->TestFile}

[TestShow]

Shows in a MessageBox the current XML tree. Example: ${nsisXML->TestShow}

[TestEnd]

Cleans the xml template from the memory. Example: ${nsisXML->TestEnd}

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TODO

Just add support to tidy the inputed XML string.

History

16/07/2005 Added to my server.