[wix-users] Find and Change XML Specific Element

[Edwin Castro]

Doh! Name is an element, not an attribute.

I should have seen that earlier.

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Edwin G. Castro


On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 1:52 PM Brian E <brianke at gmail.com> wrote:

> Through some trial and error I found the culprit was the '@'.  Once I
> removed that, the XmlFile worked correctly.
>
>
> Brian
>
> If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.  -
> Albert Einstein
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 4:32 PM Brian E <brianke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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