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The Xbasic XML parser lets you run queries against your XML file using familiar Xbasic query syntax. There is no need to learn complicated QPath syntax, which is normally used to query XML files.

In the following example, we run element queries. You can also run attribute queries, which we show later. The .queryElement() method is used to run element queries. This method creates an 'element array' - an array of all elements that match the query expression. (You can think of an element query as returning a 'pruned' version of the DOM - without a top node.)

 Attribute Queries

Attribute queries are typically less useful. An attribute query returns an 'attribute array' - an array of all attributes that match the 'filter' expression. (In the case of an attribute query, you do not enter a logical filter expression. Instead, you specify a CR-LF delimited list of attribute names).