Possible XML problem

peterb

Hi everyone.

I am trying to solve a wee problem. At work we are using a point of sale program (microsoft RMS) and I'm trying to edit some of the reports.

I am trying to compare 2 text strings.
The thing is, I am not even sure if it is xml code.
The files are .xml files but I am told that XML doesn't have any IF statements.

However the files we have, have plenty if statements in them.
Here is a snippet :

<FOR each="SalesTaxes">
	<IF>
	<CONDITION> Transaction.SalesTaxes.ShowOnReceipt &amp; Transaction.SalesTaxes.IsTransactionMember </CONDITION>
		<THEN>
		<ROW> Transaction.SalesTaxes.Description "|" Transaction.SalesTaxes.Total </ROW>
		</THEN>
	</IF>
</FOR>

First of all, does anyone recognise what type of code this is, as I am pretty sure it's not XML.
Secondly, if someone knows how to compare text strings in this way?

example :

<IF>
<CONDITION> Number = 2 </CONDITION>
<THEN> do something </THEN>
</IF>

This works, however :

<IF>
<CONDITION> Country = "Ireland" </CONDITION>
<THEN> do something </THEN>
</IF>

This never works, even if the text is an exact match.

I would greatly appretiate if anyone could help me out.

CrinkElite

I don't really know what I'm talking about but is it possible that the "IF/THEN" statements are not statements at all?
maybe they are just very oddly named tags.

/Edit
Just had a little think about this. :o

aidan_walsh

XML is not a language, more of a markup like HTML. Its possible to define structures using pretty much any dictionary words.

I'm not familiar with the system but it looks like they are using XML declarations as scripts. It would be best to consult the documentation for the POS system to see what they define them to be and what they can take inside them.

Webmonkey

To me it looks like some scripting code defined in XML for some application? - I doubt this is where data is stored? If so then that is disgusting, Logic + Data