Hello...

I have been trying to figure this problem out for days:

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m_strXmlPath = App.Path & "\AUG2003.xml"

'parse XML
Call m_objDOMDays.Load(m_stringXMLPath)

'******START FUNCTION'******
Private Sub populateDayDetails(objSelNode As Node)

Dim objDayElement As IXMLDOMElement
Dim test As IXMLDOMElement

Dim strAttName As String
Dim objChildElement As IXMLDOMElement

If objSelNode Is Nothing Then Exit Sub


'if user clicks on any other node than the day node, ignore
If objSelNode.Tag <> "" Then

'****************************************
'The PROBLEM IS HERE
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--> Set objDayElement = m_objDOMDays.nodeFromID(objSelNode.Tag)
'****************************************
For Each objChildElement In objDayElement.childNodes
MsgBox objDayElement.baseName

Next

End If

End Sub
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The objSelNode.tag = 'n' where n = an attribute say, 1,2,3 which is a day number.

See XML snippet BELOW
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<?xml version="1.0"?>

<month name="Aug">

<day number='1'>
<weekday>Friday</weekday>
<weekdate>1</weekdate>
<event></event>
<eventTime></eventTime>
</day>

</month>
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The file is parsing in ok, it's just when I try to set the objDayElement equal to the m_objDOMDays.nodeFromID() object [Set objDayElement = m_objDOMDays.nodeFromID(objSelNode.Tag)] that I get the problem.

Thanks!

For this to work two things are needed. Firstly number needs to declared as of type ID in the xml file's dtd (schemas not alowed, these were not around when API conceived), secondly (not 100% sure about this) IDs normally must not begin with a digit. They basically have to be like VB variables but can contain other characters midway, e.g. '.', '-'.


--

Joe

try XPath:

Set objDayElement = m_objDOMDays.selectSingleNode("//day[@number='" & objSelNode.Tag & "']")