XML-Style Script-Command - best practise??

[HansImGlueck]

Hi again (second post...),

I need to send a long XML-style script command to a Server via an open socket (write ... to socket Server:port). The communication with the server is presumed to be encoded in UTF-8.
Here is an example:

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CG 1 ADD 0 "TEMPLATE" 1 "<templateData><componentData id=\"f0\"><data id=\"text\" value=\"NAME\"></data></componentData><componentData id=\"f1\"><data id=\"text\" value=\"FUNCTION\"></data></componentData></templateData>"

(for those, who are interested for what's it for - it's an AMCP-command for the Caspar CG Server 2.03 Graphic-Server)

In the example are three string-Variables, which must be dynamically selectable (via Combo box, selectable text fields or whatever). These are TEMPLATE (for a Flash-Template), NAME and FUNCTION.
I tried to build the whole command-string with put "..." & TEMPLATE & "..." & NAME & "..." & FUNCTION & "..." to a string-variable, but that doesn't work. The reason for that are the many quotes in the command-string I guess... I don't know.
Any idea to solve that Problem??

Greets,
Martin

[bangkok]

I tried to build the whole command-string with put "..." & TEMPLATE & "..." & NAME & "..." & FUNCTION & "..." to a string-variable, but that doesn't work. The reason for that are the many quotes in the command-string I guess... I don't know.

Indeed !

It's easy to solve. Use "quote"

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put quote & template & quote & name & quote

.... etc.

Or, you can use a wild char (for instance "$")

and then, after your query is built :

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replace "$" with quote in myQuery

etc.

[Klaus]

Hi Martin,

check this thread for some very helpful functions:
http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtop ... +q2#p84006


Best

Klaus

[HansImGlueck]

Thank you very much - I tried bangkok's replace-method and that work's well for my purposes.
Thank's again Klaus - I'm gonna fiddle around with your functions as well, trying to understand how they work. As I told you, I'm a noob!!

[Klaus]

Hi Matrin,

well, my little functions just put (double resp. single) quotes around a given string, that's all.
But will save a lot of typing


Best

Klaus