Question

I am working with MODO python scripts. I imported the MODO setting data into .cfg file with the XML format .

My .cfg file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <camera>
     <Position>
       <X>
        2.0
       </X>
       <Y>
        0.75
       </Y>
       <Z>
        4.0
       </Z>
     </Position>
               "
               "
           so on......

Now,i wanted to export this file into my MODO application.So,i need to parse this .cfg file (xml format).

I tried this:

#python

 import lx

 import xml.dom.minidom
 from xml.dom.minidom import Node
 dom1 = xml.dom.minidom.parse("c:\myfile.cfg")

When i try to run this script in my MODO application,it gives me following error:

Line 26 is dom1 = xml.dom.minidom.parse("c:\myfile.cfg")

How do i parse my .cfg file with xml format using minidom object in python ???
Thanx in advance.

Answer 1

There’s a pretty good example on Python mindom documentation page you can also consider using JSON which is easier to write, or serialise Python objects to JSON.