Project Structure

• XmlDomTree.dpr
• DomTreeForm.pas
• DomTreeForm.dfm

program XmlDomTree;

uses
  Forms,
  DomTreeForm in 'DomTreeForm.pas' {FormXmlTree};

{$R *.res}

begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.CreateForm(TFormXmlTree, FormXmlTree);
  Application.Run;
end.

unit DomTreeForm;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs, xmldom, XMLIntf, StdCtrls, msxmldom, XMLDoc, ComCtrls, ExtCtrls;

type
  TFormXmlTree = class(TForm)
    XMLDocument1: TXMLDocument;
    btnLoad: TButton;
    OpenDialog1: TOpenDialog;
    TreeView1: TTreeView;
    Panel1: TPanel;
    Button1: TButton;
    Button2: TButton;
    Button3: TButton;
    procedure btnLoadClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
  private
    procedure DomToTree(XmlNode: IXMLNode; TreeNode: TTreeNode);
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  FormXmlTree: TFormXmlTree;

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

procedure TFormXmlTree.btnLoadClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  OpenDialog1.InitialDir := ExtractFilePath (Application.ExeName);
  if OpenDialog1.Execute then
  begin
    XMLDocument1.LoadFromFile(OpenDialog1.FileName);
    Treeview1.Items.Clear;
    DomToTree (XMLDocument1.DocumentElement, nil);
    TreeView1.FullExpand;
  end;
end;

procedure TFormXmlTree.DomToTree (XmlNode: IXMLNode; TreeNode: TTreeNode);
var
  I: Integer;
  NewTreeNode: TTreeNode;
  NodeText: string;
  AttrNode: IXMLNode;
begin
  // skip text nodes and other special cases
  if not (XmlNode.NodeType = ntElement) then
    Exit;
  // add the node itself
  NodeText := XmlNode.NodeName;
  if XmlNode.IsTextElement then
    NodeText := NodeText + ' = ' + XmlNode.NodeValue;
  NewTreeNode := TreeView1.Items.AddChild(TreeNode, NodeText);
  // add attributes
  for I := 0 to xmlNode.AttributeNodes.Count - 1 do
  begin
    AttrNode := xmlNode.AttributeNodes.Nodes[I];
    TreeView1.Items.AddChild(NewTreeNode,
      '[' + AttrNode.NodeName + ' = "' + AttrNode.Text + '"]');
  end;
  // add each child node
  if XmlNode.HasChildNodes then
    for I := 0 to xmlNode.ChildNodes.Count - 1 do
      DomToTree (xmlNode.ChildNodes.Nodes [I], NewTreeNode);
end;

procedure TFormXmlTree.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShowMessage (XMLDocument1.DocumentElement.
    Attributes ['text']);
//  AttributeNodes.Nodes[0].NodeValue);
end;

procedure TFormXmlTree.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShowMessage (XMLDocument1.DocumentElement.
    ChildNodes.Nodes[1].ChildValues['author']);
end;

procedure TFormXmlTree.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  // this call creates an error with an odd essage
  ShowMessage (XMLDocument1.DocumentElement.Attributes ['test']);
end;

end.

object FormXmlTree: TFormXmlTree
  Left = 192
  Top = 107
  Width = 465
  Height = 401
  Caption = 'XmlDomTree'
  Color = clBtnFace
  Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
  Font.Color = clWindowText
  Font.Height = -11
  Font.Name = 'MS Sans Serif'
  Font.Style = []
  OldCreateOrder = False
  PixelsPerInch = 96
  TextHeight = 13
  object TreeView1: TTreeView
    Left = 0
    Top = 41
    Width = 457
    Height = 333
    Align = alClient
    Indent = 19
    TabOrder = 0
  end
  object Panel1: TPanel
    Left = 0
    Top = 0
    Width = 457
    Height = 41
    Align = alTop
    TabOrder = 1
    object btnLoad: TButton
      Left = 16
      Top = 8
      Width = 75
      Height = 25
      Caption = 'Load'
      TabOrder = 0
      OnClick = btnLoadClick
    end
    object Button1: TButton
      Left = 96
      Top = 8
      Width = 75
      Height = 25
      Caption = 'Root Attr'
      TabOrder = 1
      OnClick = Button1Click
    end
    object Button2: TButton
      Left = 180
      Top = 8
      Width = 75
      Height = 25
      Caption = 'First Author'
      TabOrder = 2
      OnClick = Button2Click
    end
    object Button3: TButton
      Left = 264
      Top = 8
      Width = 75
      Height = 25
      Caption = 'Error'
      TabOrder = 3
      OnClick = Button3Click
    end
  end
  object XMLDocument1: TXMLDocument
    Left = 40
    Top = 40
    DOMVendorDesc = 'MSXML'
  end
  object OpenDialog1: TOpenDialog
    Left = 40
    Top = 96
  end
end