Generating header information using ElementTree

[Craig]

John Machin wrote:

> Craig wrote:
>
> > Great.  Got that sorted.  The problem I have now is that some of the
> > XML data is not copied across to the file when I have the text
> > information included.  The number of characters that is lost is equal
> > to the number of characters that is in the block of text I entered
> > before.  The code I am using is:
> >
> > def WriteXMLRecord ( record, XMLFileBaseName, root):
> > RecordName = SubElement(root, "Log")
> >     #iterate through all the fields in the record
> >     for key in record:
> >         # write the key and its data
> >         test = SubElement(RecordName, key)
> >         test.text = str(record[key])
> >     tree = ElementTree(root)
> >     tree.write(XMLFileBaseName)
>
> I'm guessing, based on reading the docs for the write method, that you
> should be using the file handle, rather than the file name, if the file
> is already opened. So (1) change the name of the 2nd arg to
> XMLFileHandle or somesuch, and in the caller, use outFile (the handle)
> instead of "record.xml".
>
> >
> > def main():
> >     outFile = open("record.xml", 'w')
> >     outFile.write("""<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>
> > <?xml-stylesheet type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"test.xsl\"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE BobActivityLog SYSTEM \"test.dtd\">\n\n""")
> >
> >     root = Element("Log")
> >     WriteXMLRecord(data1, "record.xml", root)
> >     WriteXMLRecord(data2, "record.xml", root)
> >     WriteXMLRecord(data3, "record.xml", root)
> >     outFile.close()
> >
> HTH,
> John

Great.  Got it.  Thanks so much for all your help.


Craig