How do I use XML in Irrlicht?

fatcat46 · Post by **fatcat46** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:41 pm

Hi,
I'm new to the engine and i know some thing but the XML worried me a lot.... How do i wrote them and use them in the engine?[/quote]

keless · Post by **keless** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:24 pm

XML is not specific to irrlicht. if you dont know how to use XML go look it up. I recommend using tinyXML to deal with reading and writing XML, but first you have to understand what XML is, which is beyond the scope of this forum.

fatcat46 · Post by **fatcat46** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:59 pm

Thanks for that but now, how do I integrate tiny to Irrlicht??

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:13 am

follow the tiny instructions to integrate it into any other project

fatcat46 · Post by **fatcat46** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:17 pm

Tiny is sOOOooo powerfull!!!!
Thanks for the help!

one_eddie · Post by **one_eddie** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:09 pm

Irrlicht has build in classes to handle XML:

I'm using this code to read configuration, this function is calles before createDevice

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void CMainApp::readConfiguration(CONFIGURATION& rConfig)
{
	// Create
	IReadFile* pFile = createReadFile( "App.xml" );
	if ( !pFile )
		throw new CAppException( TEXT_MISSING_CONFIG_FILE );

	// Create
	CTextReader* pTxtReader = new CTextReader( pFile );
	IXMLReader* pkXML = new CXMLReader( pTxtReader );

	// Drop
	pTxtReader->drop(); 
	pFile->drop();

	// Set std configuration
	rConfig.eDriverType = video::EDT_SOFTWARE;
	rConfig.iWidth = 640;
	rConfig.iHeight = 480;
	rConfig.bFullscreen = false;
	rConfig.iDepth = 16;

	// Check
	if ( !pkXML )
		throw new CAppException( TEXT_MISSING_CONFIG_FILE );

	// Read
	while( pkXML && pkXML->read() )
	{
		// Check
		switch( pkXML->getNodeType() )
		{
		case io::EXN_ELEMENT:
			{
				// Check
				if ( stringw( L"Driver" ) == pkXML->getNodeName() )
				{
					stringw strValue = pkXML->getAttributeValue( L"Type" );

					if (strValue == stringw( L"DirectX9" ) )
						rConfig.eDriverType = video::EDT_DIRECTX9;
					else
					if (strValue == stringw( L"DirectX8" ) )
						rConfig.eDriverType = video::EDT_DIRECTX8;
					else
					if (strValue == stringw( L"OpenGL" ) )
						rConfig.eDriverType = video::EDT_OPENGL;
					else
						rConfig.eDriverType = video::EDT_SOFTWARE;
				}
				else if ( stringw( L"Screen" ) == pkXML->getNodeName() )
				{
					// Copy values
					rConfig.iHeight = pkXML->getAttributeValueAsInt( L"Height" );
					rConfig.iWidth = pkXML->getAttributeValueAsInt( L"Width" );
					rConfig.iDepth = pkXML->getAttributeValueAsInt( L"Depth" );
					rConfig.bFullscreen = static_cast<bool>( pkXML->getAttributeValueAsInt( L"Full" ) );
				}
			}
			break;
		}
	}

	// Free XML reader
	if ( pkXML )
		pkXML->drop();
}

maybe this will help you