MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Tue Jan 24 16:42:51 CST 2006
Just in case anyone is wondering how it is done in VB.Net
using xml and an App.config file
My Feature in VS 2005: Storing Application and User Settings
http://www.developer.com/net/vb/article.php/3578726
Jim DeMarco wrote:
>Joe,
>
>This is not true. Grab the class from my article and you're doing XML as soon as you've added it to your mdb. Not trying to push it on you but suggesting you give it a shot.
>
>Jim DeMarco
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Joe Hecht
>Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:07 PM
>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Read External File for Path String
>
>
>I have so much to learn I have just ruled out xml for now.
>My projects are too small to take advantage of it.
>
>Thanks for the info though.
>
>Joe Hecht
>jmhecht at earthlink.net
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
>MartyConnelly
>Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 12:55 PM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Read External File for Path String
>
>If you don't have that high a version of Access here is
>method of using
>xmldom to read xml file.
>rather than ImportXML method.
>
>'?LoadXMLFile("C:\XML\AdviserDetails.xml")
>Public Function LoadXMLFile(ByRef AdviserXML As String)
>
> 'On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
> 'needs reference set to XML 4.0 and maybe ADO 2.8
> Dim oDOMDocument As MSXML2.DOMDocument40
> Dim oNodeList As IXMLDOMNodeList
> Dim oAdviserDetailsNode As IXMLDOMNode
> Dim oLowestLevelNode As IXMLDOMElement
> Dim objXMLDOMNamedNodeMap As IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap
> Dim xPError As IXMLDOMParseError
> Dim Mydb As Database
> Dim myrs As ADODB.Recordset
> Dim sTempValue As String
> Dim lrec As Long
> Dim lnorec As Long
> Set oDOMDocument = New MSXML2.DOMDocument40
>
> oDOMDocument.async = False
> oDOMDocument.validateOnParse = True 'you may want to
>parse for errors
> oDOMDocument.resolveExternals = False
> oDOMDocument.preserveWhiteSpace = True
>
> 'use if xml disk file
> If Not oDOMDocument.Load(AdviserXML) Then
> MsgBox ("XML File error")
> Set xPError = oDOMDocument.parseError
> DOMParseError xPError
>
> End If
> Set oAdviserDetailsNode = oDOMDocument.documentElement
> Debug.Print oDOMDocument.xml
>
>
> 'Set Mydb = CurrentDb
> 'Set myrs = Mydb.OpenRecordset("NewTable")
>
>
> 'use appropriate XPath expression to select nodes
>
> Set oNodeList =
>oAdviserDetailsNode.selectNodes("//BusinessDetails/*")
>
> lnorec = 0
> lrec = 0
> Debug.Print oNodeList.length
> ' myrs.AddNew
> For Each oLowestLevelNode In oNodeList
> sTempValue = oLowestLevelNode.Text
> lrec = lrec + 1
> Select Case oLowestLevelNode.nodeName
> Case "BusinessName"
> Debug.Print "Business " & sTempValue
> 'myrs!BusinessName = sTempValue
> Case "AddressLine1"
> 'myrs!AddressLine1 = sTempValue
> Case "AddressLine2"
> 'myrs!AddressLine2 = sTempValue
> Case "Suburb"
> 'myrs!Suburb = sTempValue
> Case "State"
> 'myrs!State = sTempValue
> Debug.Print sTempValue
> Case "Postcode"
> 'myrs!Postcode = sTempValue
> Case "PhoneNumber"
> Debug.Print "Phone " & sTempValue
> 'myrs!PhoneNumber = sTempValue
> Case "Email"
> 'myrs!Email = sTempValue
> Case "FaxNumber"
> 'myrs!FaxNumber = sTempValue
> End Select
> If lrec = 9 Then '9 elements in business details
> ' myrs.Update
> lnorec = lnorec + 1
> lrec = 0
> ' myrs.AddNew
> End If
> Next
>
> MsgBox "Records Added=" & lnorec
> ' Set myrs = Nothing
> 'Set Mydb = Nothing
> Set oDOMDocument = Nothing
> Set oAdviserDetailsNode = Nothing
> Set objXMLDOMNamedNodeMap = Nothing
> Exit Function
>
>ErrorHandler:
>
> ' Call NewError.Raise(Err.Number, Err.Source,
>Err.Description)
>
>End Function
>Sub DOMParseError(xPE As IXMLDOMParseError)
>
> ' The document failed to load.
> Dim strErrText As String
> ' Obtain the ParseError object
> With xPE
> strErrText = "Your XML Document failed to load" & _
> "due the following error." & vbCrLf & _
> "Error #: " & .errorCode & ": " & xPE.reason & _
> "Line #: " & .Line & vbCrLf & _
> "Line Position: " & .linepos & vbCrLf & _
> "Position In File: " & .filepos & vbCrLf & _
> "Source Text: " & .srcText & vbCrLf & _
> "Document URL: " & .url
> End With
> Debug.Print strErrText
>
> Dim s As String
> Dim r As String
> Dim i As Long
>
> s = ""
> For i = 1 To xPE.linepos - 1
> s = s & " "
> Next
> r = "XML Error loading " & xPE.url & " * " & xPE.reason
> Debug.Print r
> 'show character postion of error; tired of counting
>chars in xml file
> If (xPE.Line > 0) Then
> r = "at line " & xPE.Line & ", character " & xPE.linepos
>& vbCrLf & _
> xPE.srcText & vbCrLf & s & "^"
> End If
> Debug.Print r
> MsgBox strErrText, vbExclamation
>End Sub
>
>
>
>
>-------- "C:\XML\AdviserDetails.xml" save as UTF-8 not
>ANSI in notepad
>
><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
><AdviserDetails ID="AD12345">
> <BusinessDetails>
> <BusinessName>"AD Business Name" </BusinessName>
> <AddressLine1>"AD Address Line 1" </AddressLine1>
> <AddressLine2>"AD Address Line 2" </AddressLine2>
> <Suburb>"AD Suburb" </Suburb>
> <State>"AD State" </State>
> <Postcode>"AD PostCode" </Postcode>
> <PhoneNumber>"AD Phone Number" </PhoneNumber>
> <Email>"AD Email" </Email>
> <FaxNumber>"AD Fax Number" </FaxNumber>
> </BusinessDetails>
></AdviserDetails>
>
>Gustav Brock wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Stuart
>>
>>Use A2002+.
>>Have an internal table with your path, tblPath.
>>
>>To export:
>>Application.ExportXML acExportTable , "tblPath",
>>
>>
>"c:\mypath.xml"
>
>
>>To import:
>>CurrentDb.Execute "Delete * From tblPath"
>>Application.ImportXML "c:\mypath.xml", acAppendData
>>
>>To read:
>>strPath = DLookup("Path", "tblPath")
>>
>>Not quite sure how "easy" that is, though in total only
>>
>>
>four code lines net are needed.
>
>
>>However, if you need to store a bunch of user or app
>>
>>
>settings it might be a nice method with all the advantages
>of XML storage and exchange possibilities.
>
>
>>/gustav
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>stuart at lexacorp.com.pg 20-01-2006 00:48 >>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>On 19 Jan 2006 at 15:00, Charlotte Foust wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Actually, the XML files wind up with a structure very
>>>
>>>
>similar to the ini
>
>
>>>files but you don't need API calls to read them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>So how would you create, then read an XML file to store a
>>
>>
>backend server
>
>
>>path?
>>
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>>
>
>
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Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada