Different XML formats

Sample: dhtmlxGrid

Different XML formats

The default xml format has following tags: <rows> as a top, <row> to define rows and <cell> to set cells inside specified row. But tag names can be changed like in the sample presented below.

 
<div id="gridbox" width="100%" height="250px" style="background-color:white;overflow:hidden"></div>
<script> 
    mygrid = new dhtmlXGridObject('gridbox');
    ...
    mygrid.xml.top="mytop";
    mygrid.xml.row="./myrow";
    mygrid.xml.cell="./mycell"
    mygrid.load("custom.xml","xml");</script>
 
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mytop>
    <myrow id="1">
        <mycell>500</mycell>
        <mycell>Time to Kill</mycell>
        <mycell>John Grisham</mycell>
    </myrow>
    ...
</mytop>

Grid supports two additional XML formats, which are based on column IDs:

"xmlA" format

 
<script>    
    ...
    mygrid.setColumnIds("first,second,third")
    
    /*loading in "xmlA" format*/
    mygrid.load("xmlA.php","xmlA");</script>
XML:
<rows>
    <row id="r1" first="index is 1" second="altermative xml format" third="xmlA" />
    ... 
</rows>

Reload grid from xml file in xmlA format

"xmlB" format

 
<script> 
    ...
    mygrid.setColumnIds("first,second,third")
    /*loading in "xmlB" format*/
    mygrid.load("xmlB.php","xmlB");</script>    
XML:
<rows>
    <row id="r1">
        <first>index is 1</first> 
        <second>altermative xml format</second>
        <third>xmlB</third>
    </row>
    ...
</rows>

Reload grid from xml file in xmlB format