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Debugging XPath Queries

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An application to visualize XPath Queries

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Introduction

This is a small application I wrote when I was stuck in front of an XPath query that I just couldn't understand. Took about an hour and a half to whip it up. The idea is to let you execute a query and see for yourself the results that are returned.

There are other tools that do it, but either they are Java based and require > 15 MB support libraries or they are web based (which I hate).

The Code

The application gets its input from one of two sources - a file or the clipboard, loads it into an XmlDocument and starts executing queries against it, showing you the result on the way.

I didn't built it to be performant or correct, just to do the job, so use it the next time you've XPath problems, and you'll like it. The other solution that I found was XmlSpy at 300$ +.

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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralGenerating xpath add-on (quick and dirty) [modified] Pin
MikeEast16-Jan-08 22:24
MikeEast16-Jan-08 22:24 
Generalin VB.NET Pin
y2kvirus22-Aug-05 12:50
y2kvirus22-Aug-05 12:50 
GeneralWrong topic Pin
alerma14-Dec-03 21:48
alerma14-Dec-03 21:48 
GeneralGood job Pin
Bill Seddon9-Dec-03 21:21
Bill Seddon9-Dec-03 21:21 
GeneralRe: Good job Pin
Marc Brooks29-Jan-04 8:45
Marc Brooks29-Jan-04 8:45 
You should really look into http://www.xmedil.com/ which does most of what XMLSpy does, for free AND has a really nice XPath query builder/visualizer
GeneralRe: Good job Pin
Bill Seddon29-Jan-04 8:55
Bill Seddon29-Jan-04 8:55 
AnswerRe: Good job Pin
Marc Brooks10-Oct-06 5:59
Marc Brooks10-Oct-06 5:59 
GeneralGood work, but... Pin
Christoph Lederer9-Dec-03 21:19
Christoph Lederer9-Dec-03 21:19 
GeneralRe: Good work, but... Pin
Edneeis3-Feb-04 18:59
Edneeis3-Feb-04 18:59 
GeneralGraphical XPath Queries Pin
chetmurphy9-Dec-03 18:37
chetmurphy9-Dec-03 18:37 
GeneralRe: Graphical XPath Queries Pin
Marc Brooks29-Jan-04 8:48
Marc Brooks29-Jan-04 8:48 

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