Creating an XML document from scratch – PB Docs 2021

You can create an XML document in a script using the appropriate
PBDOM_OBJECT subclasses and methods. The following code uses the
PBDOM_ELEMENT and PBDOM_DOCUMENT classes and some of their methods to
create a simple XML document.

First, the objects are declared and instantiated:

The instantiated objects are assigned names. Note that the
PBDOM_DOCUMENT object pbdom_doc1 is not named:

The objects are arranged into a node tree using the
AddContent method. The AddContent method adds the referenced object as a
child node under the object from which AddContent is invoked:

Use the NewDocument method to create a new XML document. The
parameter value supplied to the NewDocument method becomes the name of
the root element. This name is then accessed from the PBDOM_DOCUMENT
object pbdom_doc1 and assigned to the PBDOM_ELEMENT object
pbdom_elem_root using the GetRootElement method:

The ELEMENT object pbdom_elem_1 and all its child nodes are placed
in the new XML document node tree under the root element using the
AddContent method. Note that as the ancestor node pbdom_elem_1 is placed
in the node tree, all its child nodes move as well:

The XML document created looks like this: