XMLFindElement (FB)¶

FUNCTION_BLOCK XMLFindElement

Finds a xml element by name and attribute. Use the function block XMLFindElementAsync for large XML files to find the value asynchronously. To read from file set sFileName to file path and paDataArray = 0. To read from data array set sFileName = ‚‘ and paDataArray to data pointer.

InOut:

Scope	Name	Type	Initial	Comment
Input	sFileName	STRING(255)		Path to a xml file
	wsElement	WSTRING(gc_udiMaxValueSize)		The element to find. if blank, the root element will be returend.
	attribute	XMLElement		Attributes of the xml element to find.
	readMode	READ_MODE		Read mode
	paElements	POINTER TO XMLElement		Pointer to the result set
	udiMaxElements	UDINT		Maximum size of paElements
	udiStartPosition	UDINT	0	Start position in bytes
	xTruncateValues	BOOL	FALSE	true: All values that exceed the maximum value size will be truncated
	paDataArray	POINTER TO BYTE	0	Pointer to XML data array, if 0 read from file (sFileName)
	udiDataArraySize	UDINT	0	Size of paDataArray
Output	eError	ERROR		Error
	udiCountElements	UDINT		Number of elemnents in paElements
	udiNextReadPos	UDINT		Position in file (in bytes) of the next xml element, 0 if last element
	eEncoding	Encoding		Encoding of the xml file