Fantastic! Seems to do the job admirably, and the small tweaks I needed in my particular case actually worked. What an excellent collection!
Thanks also to all others who replied - I have a kind of scepticism about XML that perhaps I shall never overcome, but I do feel now that I can tackle my current task. Graham > On 13 Mar 2015, at 18:59, Michael Doub <miked...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Graham, > > ConvertArrayToXML and ConvertXMLToArray are both in the MasterLibrary under > Misc. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wpwn3hfbmpl7sk/MasterLibrary.livecode?dl=0 > > Regards, > Mike > > > > > On 3/13/15 1:47 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: >> Not for the first time, I’m trying to get to grips with XML. I have to >> analyse some fairly trivial files (.gpx files, which show a geographical >> position, elevation and time). I find the explanation in the LC User Guide >> pretty tough, partly because they leave out elementary stuff about how legal >> XML is formed, partly because it’s got errors in it, and partly because the >> example they use isn’t rich enough. Oh and partly because I am slow and >> grumpy about this particular subject. >> >> Long ago, I know Sarah Reichelt wrote some kind of tutorial but I can’t find >> it. Can anyone help with this or any other ‘XML for dummies’ type stuff? I >> just want to do simple things like put attributes into arrays. >> >> TIA >> >> Graham >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode