Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

EscapeXML ( Text )

Simple function to escape characters for XML

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Ibrahim Bittar Torres   Ibrahim Bittar Torres - Show more from this author
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  Sample input:
EscapeXML ( "John&Grace" )
  Sample output:
John&Grace

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

This function helps to cleanup the XML text from illegal characters before sending it to any Webservice.

 

Comments

Roger Biel   Roger Biel, Casa Grande, AZ
Aug 15, 2011
Not sure what type of machine this works on but does nothing in Windows 7
 
Ibrahim   Ibrahim, Leon, Mexico
Aug 15, 2011
Hi Roger, When I posted the function it was:

"Substitute ( Text ; [ "&" ; "&amp;" ] ; [ "<" ; "&lt;" ] ; [ ">" ; "&gt;" ] ; [ "\"" ; "&quot;" ] )"

However, it seems that the PHP program made the "translation" and placed again the original symbols.

Please contact me offline if you still have problems with this.

Regards

Ibrahim
 

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