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    load xml from a path

    I have the following program to read xml, from the path where my application resides.
    But i want to be able to pick xml from specified path.

    Code:
    	HRESULT hr = CoInitialize(NULL);
    
    	MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocumentPtr pXMLDom;
    	MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocumentPtr pXSLDoc;
    	MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocumentPtr pXMLOut;
    
    	// Load the XML file. 
    	pXMLDom.CreateInstance(__uuidof(MSXML2::DOMDocument60), NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER);
    
    
    	pXMLDom->async = VARIANT_FALSE; // The default is true. 
    	pXMLDom->validateOnParse = VARIANT_FALSE;
    	pXMLDom->resolveExternals = VARIANT_FALSE;
    
    	pXMLDom->load(L"C:\temp\xmlinputfile.xml");
    Last line is giving me an error. It works ok with

    pXMLDom->load(L"xmlinputfile.xml");

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    Re: load xml from a path

    Last line is giving me an error.
    Well it will, won't it! What has been said repeatedly before about using single \ in path names?
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    Re: load xml from a path

    Thanks a lot, i put the escape sequence for the single \. Sorry being bad student, i ask the same thing again and again !. Thanks a lot for your patience and help.

    the other issue is, i get the normal path as input for my program, and i need to load a specific xml from that path. I guess i need to convert the normal path and replace all single \ with the escape sequence. . It is getting complicated
    Last edited by pdk5; October 12th, 2019 at 07:59 AM.

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    Re: load xml from a path

    If you are doing much work with paths, look at the facilities provided with C++ filesystem. See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/header/filesystem - and in particular the filesystem:: path class.

    Also, consider using raw strings.

    "C:\\temp\\xmlinputfile.xml"

    as a raw string becomes

    R"(C:\temp\xmlinputfile.xml)"

    With only 1 \ ! However, be careful as using raw strings \n isn't a new line but the characters \ n etc.
    Last edited by 2kaud; October 12th, 2019 at 08:24 AM.
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