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HI,

I'm trying to create a program that will make podcast XML files for me. I am able to make nodes, and delete nodes as I get new episodes.

My one issue is with an XML tag with a colon, i.e. "dc:creator" or "itunes:summary"

whenever I try to make a child node with a colon in it I get an error "Reference to undeclared namespace prefix: 'dc'"

there is a namespace listed at the beginning of the file

<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0">

I am new to XML files and don't understand the structure fully.

Thanks,

Chris

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Here is an example of the XML file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Title of Podcast</title>
    <link>http://www.organization.org</link>
    <description>Something describing podcast</description>
     <itunes:summary>Weekly updates from you-know-who</itunes:summary>
     <itunes:subtitle>Hear what you are missing</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:category text=""></itunes:category>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <copyright>2008. All rights reserved.</copyright>
    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>
    <generator>ToeCaster</generator>
    <managingEditor>chris@nowheres.us(Chris Toews)</managingEditor>
    <webMaster>chris@nowhere.us</webMaster>
    <image>
    <url>http://organization.org/pic.jpg</url>
    <title>Title of pic</title>
    <link>http://www.organization.org</link>
    <width>0</width>
    <height>0</height>
    </image>
    <itunes:owner>
      <itunes:name>who</itunes:name>
      <itunes:email>email</itunes:email>
    </itunes:owner>
    <itunes:author>the author</itunes:author>
    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    <ttl>1</ttl>
    <item>
      <title>First title</title>
      <link>http://www.organization.org/first.mp3</link>
      <comments>http://www.organization.org/first.mp3</comments>
      <itunes:author>author</itunes:author>
      <dc:creator>Creator</dc:creator>
      <description>9-28-08</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:0:0</itunes:duration>
      <enclosure url="http://www.organization.org/first.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" />
      <guid>http://www.organization.org/first.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>second title</title>
      <link>http://www.organization.org/second.mp3</link>
      <comments>http://www.organization.org/second.mp3</comments>
      <itunes:author>author</itunes:author>
      <dc:creator>Creator</dc:creator>
      <description>9-28-08</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:0:0</itunes:duration>
      <enclosure url="http://www.organization.org/second.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" />
      <guid>http://www.organization.org/second.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
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What is the child node you would like to add and where does it need to go?

I'm trying to add all the child nodes under each "item"

the problem ones are the ones with colons, like

<itunes:subtitle>

<dc:creator>

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This seems to be the only way:

#include "..\_XMLDomWrapper.au3"
#include <Array.au3>

$sXMLFile = "itunes.xml"

$result = _XMLFileOpen($sXMLFile, 'xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"')
If $result = 0 Then 
    MsgBox(0,"","File not found")
    Exit
EndIf

_XMLCreateChildNode ("//channel", "item", "")
_XMLCreateChildNode ("//channel/item[last()]", "title", "Third title")
_XMLCreateChildNode ("//channel/item[last()]", "itunes:author", "weaponx", "itunes")
_XMLCreateChildNode ("//channel/item[last()]", "dc:creator", "weaponx", "dc")

;Show most recently added item title
$result = _GetFirstValue("//channel/item[last()]/title")
If @ERROR Then
    ConsoleWrite("@ERROR: " & @ERROR & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite($result & @CRLF)
EndIf

;_XMLDeleteAttr("//channel/item[3]/itunes:author", "xmlns:itunes")

;_XMLGetValue returns an array (not sure why) this will return the first element
Func _GetFirstValue($node)
    $ret_val = _XMLGetValue($node)
    If IsArray($ret_val) Then
        Return ($ret_val[1])
    Else
        Return SetError(1,3,0)
    EndIf
EndFunc

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Title of Podcast</title>
    <link>http://www.organization.org</link>
    <description>Something describing podcast</description>
    <itunes:summary>Weekly updates from you-know-who</itunes:summary>
    <itunes:subtitle>Hear what you are missing</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:category text=""></itunes:category>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <copyright>2008. All rights reserved.</copyright>
    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>
    <generator>ToeCaster</generator>
    <managingEditor>chris@nowheres.us(Chris Toews)</managingEditor>
    <webMaster>chris@nowhere.us</webMaster>
    <image>
      <url>http://organization.org/pic.jpg</url>
      <title>Title of pic</title>
      <link>http://www.organization.org</link>
      <width>0</width>
      <height>0</height>
    </image>
    <itunes:owner>
      <itunes:name>who</itunes:name>
      <itunes:email>email</itunes:email>
    </itunes:owner>
    <itunes:author>the author</itunes:author>
    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    <ttl>1</ttl>
    <item>
      <title>First title</title>
      <link>http://www.organization.org/first.mp3</link>
      <comments>http://www.organization.org/first.mp3</comments>
      <itunes:author>author</itunes:author>
      <dc:creator>Creator</dc:creator>
      <description>9-28-08</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:0:0</itunes:duration>
      <enclosure url="http://www.organization.org/first.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <guid>http://www.organization.org/first.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>second title</title>
      <link>http://www.organization.org/second.mp3</link>
      <comments>http://www.organization.org/second.mp3</comments>
      <itunes:author>author</itunes:author>
      <dc:creator>Creator</dc:creator>
      <description>9-28-08</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:0:0</itunes:duration>
      <enclosure url="http://www.organization.org/second.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <guid>http://www.organization.org/second.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Third title</title>
      <itunes:author xmlns:itunes="itunes">weaponx</itunes:author>
      <dc:creator xmlns:dc="dc">weaponx</dc:creator>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
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That seems to put an extra "xmlns:itunes" in the xml file. Is this normal, does it matter if it is there? should I be concerned?

Or is that just the format for an XML file?

<itunes:author xmlns:itunes="itunes">weaponx</itunes:author>

<dc:creator xmlns:dc="dc">weaponx</dc:creator>

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That seems to put an extra "xmlns:itunes" in the xml file. Is this normal, does it matter if it is there? should I be concerned?

Or is that just the format for an XML file?

<itunes:author xmlns:itunes="itunes">weaponx</itunes:author>

<dc:creator xmlns:dc="dc">weaponx</dc:creator>

Yea you can see I commented out an attempt to remove it. I think its something the XML COM object adds for Internet Explorer compatibility. I think it is okay to leave it.

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