Problems parsing file

[Roger Durańona Vargas]

I have this file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<map>
<info
  version=1
  id=1
  name="Testing map"
  msg="Welcome to Testing map"
  pvp="no"
/>
<-- NPCs spawn points -->
<npcs>
  <npc id=1000 type=2 name="Fat Ninja" x=4900 y=2000 />
  <npc id=1001 type=3 name="Small Ninja" x=4920 y=2010 />
</npcs>
</map>

But I havent found the correct way to parse it. I dont know if the file is wrong and I should redefine the structure or if Im using the wrong parsin method. Can somebody clear me how to do it?

[Ellers]

Can't say if you're parsing it right or not because you didn't post any code.

However, your xml is invalid -- attributes must be quoted, they can be unquoted, like old HTML.

Tip: put your xml in a file and load it in IE or firefox -- if it loads ok you'll get a nice tree structure, proving that your xml is ok.

HTH
Ellers

[Roger Durańona Vargas]

I fixed the xml and here is the parsing code:

         TiXmlHandle chandle(&mapfile);
       
        //load map info
        cout <<"Looking for info...";
       
        cvalue=chandle.FirstChild("map").FirstChild("info").Element();       
        //cvalue=chandle.FirstChild("info").Element(); //another variant
       
        if (cvalue) {
           name = cvalue->Attribute("name");  
           welcomsg = cvalue->Attribute("welcome");  
           cvalue->QueryIntAttribute("id", &id);
           cout <<id<<name<<endl;
        } else cout<<"Not found info"<<endl;

This fails to find the desired section. Also, the following approach fails with a crash:

        TiXmlElement *root = mapfile.RootElement();
        //load map info
        cout <<"Looking for info...";
       
       
        cvalue=root->FirstChildElement("info");
        if (cvalue) {
           name = cvalue->Attribute("name");  
           welcomsg = cvalue->Attribute("welcome");  
           cvalue->QueryIntAttribute("id", &id);
           cout <<id<<name<<endl;
        } else cout<<"Not found info"<<endl;

[Ellers]

Which line causes the crash, according to your debugger?
Are you on win32, linux, or other?
What is the latest XML?

[Lee Thomason]

A good way to check if you XML is valid is to load it into a browser. Both IE and Firefox have very good parsers and can detect invalid XML.

lee