spss.GetXmlUtf16 Function (Python)
spss.GetXmlUtf16(handle, filespec). Writes the XML for the specified handle
(dictionary or output XML) to a file or returns the XML if no filename
is specified. When writing and debugging XPath expressions,
it is often useful to have a sample file that shows the XML structure.
This function is particularly useful for dictionary DOMs, since there
are not any alternative methods for writing and viewing the XML structure.
(For output XML, the OMS
command
can also write XML to a file.) You can also use this function to retrieve
the XML for a specified handle, enabling you to process it with third-party
utilities like XML parsers.
Example
handle = "activedataset"
spss.CreateXPathDictionary(handle)
spss.GetXmlUtf16(handle,'/temp/temp.xml')