2013/11/27 Frederic Da Vitoria <[email protected]> > 2013/11/27 waldo kitty <[email protected]> > >> On 11/27/2013 6:50 AM, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to use XmlConfig to store simple configuration data, but I >>> can't >>> make it create a sensible Xml file. This is not really important in my >>> situation, as XmlConfig is able to correctly read back the strange data >>> it >>> wrote, but frustrating. I searched the web but could not find any >>> example. So >>> can anyone offer a working example of creating a xml file with XmlConfig? >>> >> >> can you provide a sample of what is being created and what you are >> expecting to actually see? >> > > I'm trying something like (just the minimum code, but I can give the > complete sources if it makes things easier): > > procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); > const FILE_NAME = 'pXmlConfig.xml' ; > begin > XmlConfig1.Filename := FILE_NAME ; > // XmlConfig1.OpenKey ('/CONFIG') ; > XmlConfig1.SetValue ('/CONFIG/L5', 'xx') ; > XmlConfig1.SetValue ('/L1/L2', 'aa') ; > XmlConfig1.SetValue ('/L1/L3', 'bb') ; > XmlConfig1.SetValue ('/L1/L2', 'cc') ; > XmlConfig1.SetValue ('/L8', 'dd') ; > // XmlConfig1.CloseKey ; > XmlConfig1.Flush > end; > > (No, it does not make any sense, just me trying to figure out how it > works.) > > And here is the result: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <CONFIG L8="dd"> > <CONFIG L5="xx"/> > <L1 L2="cc" L3="bb"/> > </CONFIG> > > The only thing which worked as I wanted is that SetValue ('/L1/L2', 'aa') > is overwritten by SetValue ('/L1/L2', 'cc') > > - How do I create third level keys? (or is XmlConfig able to do more than > 2 levels?) > - Why does XmlConfig create L2, L3 and L5 as attributes ("/" usually is a > level separator, is it not) ? > - More generally, is XmlConfig suited to do more than a simple list (which > would be even less than a .ini can do)? >
Now that I am thinking of it, I may be expecting too much. If XmlConfig handles more than 2 levels, then why stop to 3? And then, how would XmlConfig be different from a full Xml Implementation? -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org
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