Re: How to work with XML data using System Events?
Re: How to work with XML data using System Events?
- Subject: Re: How to work with XML data using System Events?
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:47:30 -0800
- Thread-topic: How to work with XML data using System Events?
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:55:27 +0000, has <email@hidden> said:
>Matt Neuburg wrote:
>
>> >How would I use these to read XML data from an XML file?
>>
>>Example (from you-know-where):
>>
>>tell application "System Profiler"
>> set s to (XML text of document 1)
>>end tell
>>on findElementWithValue(e, v)
>> tell application "System Events"
>> repeat with i from 1 to (count XML elements of e)
>> if value of XML element i of e is v then
>> return i
>> end if
>> end repeat
>> end tell
>> error "not found"
>>end findElementWithValue
>>tell application "System Events"
>> set x to make new XML data with data s
>> set e to XML element 1 of XML element 1 of x
>> set e to first XML element of e where ¬
>> value of XML element 2 of it is "SPHardwareDataType"
>> set i to my findElementWithValue(e, "_items")
>> set e to XML element 1 of XML element (i + 1) of e
>> set i to my findElementWithValue(e, "machine_name")
>> return value of XML element (i + 1) of e -- iMacG5
>>end tell
>But anyway, when working with plists it's simpler to use SE's dedicated PList
Suite
I know. That's why I used that example; the Plist version is on the next
page. :) m.
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