XML (Extensible Markup Language) files represent an organized method to save and quickly read information from files.
Use the following steps to read the XML data:
Create a new main stack in LiveCode.
Set the background color of the main card to black.
Drag a new button to the card and assign the following properties:
Name:
btn_readXML
Label:
Read XML
threeD: Keep it unchecked
showBorder: Keep it unchecked
hiliteBorder: Keep it unchecked
backgroundColor: White
Create a text file with the following text. Save the file as
sample.xml
into thedocuments
folder on your mobile device:<sample> <language>English</language> <timeZone>ET</timeZone> </sample>
Assign the following code to the
btn_readXML
button:on mouseUp local xmlTree, tLanguage # Read XML File into memory put readXMLtoTree() into xmlTree # Retrieve specific piece of information put revXMLNodeContents(xmlTree, "sample/language") into tLanguage # Release...