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Posted: **Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:02 pm**

Here's the dilemma - I frequently rename files and archive them but I would now also like to audit what I've done to ensure I didn't miss anything along the way. Here is a sample of what an xml file looks like prior to file name changes:

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<CurrentFileNames>

  <CurrentFileName>foo1.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>foo2.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>foo3.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>foo4.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>foo5.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>foo6.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>foo7.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>foo8.txt</CurrentFileName>

</CurrentFileNames>

<UpdatedFileNames>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo1.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo2.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo3.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo4.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo5.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo6.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo7.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo8.txt</UpdatedFileName>

</UpdatedFileNames>

As you can see, it shows the current file names and the names I will use after renaming. We'll call this file foo.xml.

Now, AFTER renaming files, it looks somewhat like this:

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<CurrentFileNames>

  <CurrentFileName>goo1.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo2.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo3.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo4.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo5.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo6.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo7.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo8.txt</CurrentFileName>

</CurrentFileNames>

We'll call this goo.xml.

How would I pull "UpdatedFileName" from foo.xml and "CurrentFileName" from goo.xml into a single output file?

The desired output would be something like:

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<UpdatedFileNames>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo1.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo2.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo3.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo4.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo5.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo6.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo7.txt</UpdatedFileName>

  <UpdatedFileName>goo8.txt</UpdatedFileName>

</UpdatedFileNames>

<CurrentFileNames>

  <CurrentFileName>goo1.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo2.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo3.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo4.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo5.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo6.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo7.txt</CurrentFileName>

  <CurrentFileName>goo8.txt</CurrentFileName>

</CurrentFileNames>

With the updatedfilenames coming from "foo.xml" and the currentfilenames comeing from "goo.xml".

thoughts?

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:44 am**

Hi,

You can use the document function to access XML data from other files.

Best Regards,
George

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