Batch Insert Element from XML with Shared Filename

Question

I\'m trying to insert 800 unique this is a remark elements into an existing set of 800 XML files. I generated 800 documents

Answer 1

The batch environment isn't terribly strongly suited for manipulating XML as XML. There's probably a way using Windows Script Host (VBScript or JScript) to evaluate the XML DOM, but in this situation it's probably easier just to use for loops and echos.

Read the remarks in the following example script for a full explanation of how it works.

@echo off
setlocal

set "remarkDir=remarks\"
set "xmlDir=xml\"

rem // for all files in xmlDir\*.xml
for %%I in ("%xmlDir%\*.xml") do (

    rem // echo filename without line break...
    set /P "=Processing %%~nxI... ">"%%~dpnI.new" echo/%%X

        rem // check whether the line contains /CHANGETIME
        set "line=%%X"
        setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
        if not "%%X"=="!line:/CHANGETIME=!" (

            rem // Line contains /CHANGETIME.  Append remark.
            >>"%%~dpnI.new" echo/!remark!
        )
        endlocal

    )

    rem // End of xml file.  Replace old with new.
    move /y "%%~dpnI.new" "%%~fI" >NUL
    echo Done.
)

note: StackOverflow isn't intended to be a free coding service, but I have sympathy for you. It sounds like you've put a lot of effort into painting yourself into this corner. Therefore, I hope this helps you out.