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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello Guys,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have a small element tree task here whereby I need to
crack open an XML file, modify the text for one element and then resave it back
again. I’m currently trying to do this like follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:silver'># Parse the XML file.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>application_settings = etree.parse(</span><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00AA00'>'/configuration/application.xml'</span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:silver'># Modify the single_send_mode element.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>application_settings.find(</span><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00AA00'>"single_send_mode"</span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>).text =
new_configuration[</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#00AA00'>"single_send_mode"</span></i><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>]</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:silver'># Save the XML file.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>application_settings.write(”</span><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00AA00'>/configuration/application_new.xml"</span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This runs without error however it
doesn’t save the text into the ‘single_send_mode’ element and
I end up with a configuration file which contains <single_send_mode /> in
it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Can anyone offer any suggestions
on how to get this to work properly?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks guys, I appreciate it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Heston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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