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Location/Reading custom xml files - Arami - 05 May 2013
Hi,
I have some questions regarding custom xml files.
What I want is to read custom xml config files.
I guess the perfect location would be inside .murlres package.
Reading and parsing xml files using Murl::Util::FileTools::LoadBinaryFile and Murl::Util::XmlParser works great, but my question is how to open the file when it's inside a .murlres package?
If the .murlres package is the wrong choice what would be the right one?
thx
Andreas
RE: Location/Reading custom xml files - dizzy - 06 May 2013
The .murlres package can easily be used to host any type of custom files. Simply specify your resource inside the package.xml file using the type="BINARY" attribute:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Package id="Main">
<Resource type="BINARY" id="MyXmlFile" fileName="my_fancy_file.xml"/>
</Package>
You can then access that file from e.g. a logic class' OnInit() method like this:
Bool App::MyLogic::OnInit(const Logic::IState* state)
{
const Resource::ICollection* resourceCollection = state->GetResourceCollection();
const Resource::IBinary* myXmlFile = resourceCollection->GetBinary("Main:MyXmlFile");
const ConstData& myXmlFileDataObject = myXmlFile->GetData();
const UInt8* data = myXmlFileDataObject.GetData();
UInt32 byteSize = myXmlFileDataObject.GetByteSize();
// Do something useful...
return true;
}
RE: Location/Reading custom xml files - Arami - 06 May 2013
Thank you!!!
Thats exactly what I want/need!
Andreas