Reading key values in info.plist file iOS or Mac using XML library?

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Matthias Rebbe
Life Is Too Short For Boring Code

> Am 13.11.2020 um 01:43 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
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> It is certainly possible! But depending on the complexity of the xml document it may not be easy. I’ve posted before that I attempted to work with an exported XML document from a Toshiba Copier’s Templates (scan presets), but the document was mindbogglingly complex. One issue I ran into is keys which have the same name, so trying to convert the xml to an array failed just on that score. Without knowing what the structure of the XML is supposed to be, a data dictionary for the XML document as it were, I may as well be reading the output of Data’s positronic interface. 
> 

the .plist file contains several entry with same names (string and key)

e.g.
<dict>
	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
	<string>English</string>
	<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
	<string>mOTP</string>
	<key>CFBundleName</key>
	<string>mOTP</string>


So it seems that is  then not possible to use the xml library. Anyway i will read the values using line offset
put line lineoffset("<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>",tPlist)+1 into ....

which then "returns" the string value of CFBundleDisplayName one line below. This will work as long as the line with the <string>....</string> value is directly after the line with the <key>.. values. 


Thanks.






> Bob S
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>> On Nov 12, 2020, at 4:30 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> does anyone know if it is possible to use the xml library to read values from an info.plist file?
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Matthias 
>> 
>> 
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>> Matthias Rebbe
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