[wix-users] Find and Change XML Specific Element

[Brian E]

Yes, the DelphiaConfig is a typo and unfortunately, this suggestion did not
work.  Still get an error of "Failed to find node".

Brian

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.  -
Albert Einstein


On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 3:55 PM Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm assuming the difference between MyConfig in the file content example
> and DelphiaConfig in the xpath is just a typo.
>
> Try this xpath?
>
> ElementPath="//DelphiaConfig/ScheduledServices/RemoteApplica
> nt[\[]@Name='ApplicantStackJob'[\]]/URL/text()"
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 12:06 PM Brian E via wix-users <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>
>> I have this XML:
>>
>> <MyConfig>
>>   <ScheduledServices>
>>     <RemoteApplicant>
>>       <Name>ApplicantStackJob</Name>
>>       <URL></URL>
>>     </RemoteApplicant>
>>   </ScheduledServices>
>> </MyConfig>
>>
>> There are additional <RemoteApplicant> elements, each with a unique
>> <Name>.  How can I use XmlFile to find this specific element
>> (<RemoteApplicant> with <Name> = 'ApplicantStackJob') and set the <URL>.
>> I
>> have have tried the following, which works if I omit the
>> "[\[]@Name...[\]]"
>> portion but sets all the URLs to the same value
>>
>>       <util:XmlFile Id="UpdateApplicantStackURL"
>>                     Action="setValue"
>>                     File="[CONFIGFOLDER]config.xml"
>>                     SelectionLanguage="XPath"
>>
>>
>> ElementPath="//DelphiaConfig/ScheduledServices/RemoteApplicant[\[]@Name='ApplicantStackJob'[\]]/URL"
>>                     Value="[APPLICANTSTACK_API_URL]"
>>                     Sequence="5" />
>>
>> However, it does not work when I add the "[\[]@Name...[\]]" portion to the
>> path.
>>
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.  -
>> Albert Einstein
>>
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