Hello,
We have a XML file(Windows Installer Format) with 5 tags inside. We need to remove 1 or more tags based on certain conditions. My colleague tried to achieve this by creating folders with conditions and install the content in the parent folder, but there are a lot of combinations possible. So does this mean that my colleague needs create lots of folders to achieve this, or is there another, more fast way to take care of this?
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Guido
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Re: Remove certain tags from XML based on conditions
Hi Guido,
In order to remove tags conditionally on install in an easier way, you can follow the steps below:
- create an "XML Edit" file for each tag (5 in your case), place them in different subfolders and install them in the parent folder
- each XML file will contain only the "path" to the element that should be removed and its attributes
- go in the "Attributes" tab and edit the attribute that you want to remove like below:
- build and run the project
In this case if only one condition is true, only one element will be removed, if more conditions are true, more elements will be removed.
However, this workaround does not remove the attribute completely, only its value will be removed and this may be acceptable or not depending on your application's requirements.
Another workaround (maybe better) would be to create "Text File Updates" instead of "XML Edit" files and install them based on the same conditions. A "Text File Update" would be configured to search for:and replace it with
Let us know if this helped.
Best regards,
Eusebiu
In order to remove tags conditionally on install in an easier way, you can follow the steps below:
- create an "XML Edit" file for each tag (5 in your case), place them in different subfolders and install them in the parent folder
- each XML file will contain only the "path" to the element that should be removed and its attributes
- go in the "Attributes" tab and edit the attribute that you want to remove like below:
- Name: <attribute name>
Value: (not important)
Operation: Remove
Execute update: on install
- build and run the project
In this case if only one condition is true, only one element will be removed, if more conditions are true, more elements will be removed.
However, this workaround does not remove the attribute completely, only its value will be removed and this may be acceptable or not depending on your application's requirements.
Another workaround (maybe better) would be to create "Text File Updates" instead of "XML Edit" files and install them based on the same conditions. A "Text File Update" would be configured to search for:
Code: Select all
<specific_tag>....</specific_tag>Code: Select all
[EMPTY_PROPERTY] (you can use the name of a property that does not exist)Best regards,
Eusebiu
Re: Remove certain tags from XML based on conditions
My colleague tested this and it works now.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Guido
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Guido