XmlSetOption Function

Action

Allows enabling/disabling different XML parsing options.

Include file

XmlAPI.bdh

Syntax

XmlSetOption( in nOption : number,
              in bValue  : boolean ): boolean;

Return value

true if successful
false otherwise

Parameter	Description
nOption	Option that should be either enabled (true) or disabled (false). Current option values are: XML_OPT_RESOLVE_HREF (default: disabled) If enabled, XML items that are referenced with an href tag will be replaced with the referenced XML node. XML_OPT_RESOLVE_EXTERNALS (default: disabled) If enabled, external referenced documents will be resolved. XML_OPT_PRESERVE_WHITESPACE (default: disabled) If enabled, white spaces will be preserved when parsing XML content.
bValue	True to enable the option, false to disable it.

Parameter

Description

nOption

Option that should be either enabled (true) or disabled (false). Current option values are:

XML_OPT_RESOLVE_HREF (default: disabled) If enabled, XML items that are referenced with an href tag will be replaced with the referenced XML node.
XML_OPT_RESOLVE_EXTERNALS (default: disabled) If enabled, external referenced documents will be resolved.
XML_OPT_PRESERVE_WHITESPACE (default: disabled) If enabled, white spaces will be preserved when parsing XML content.

bValue

True to enable the option, false to disable it.

Example

dcltrans
  transaction TMain
  var
    hDocument  : number;
    sXmlString : string;
  begin
    XmlSetOption(XML_OPT_PRESERVE_WHITESPACE, true);
    hDocument := XmlCreateDocumentFromXml("<root>          <child1 attr1='avalue1'>childvalue1</child1>"
                                           "<child2 attr1= 'avalue2'>childvalue2</child2></root>");
    XmlGetXml(hDocument, sXmlString);
    writeln(sXmlString);
  end TMain;