This function demonstrates how to programmatically determine the latest STAF releases that are available on http://staf.sourceforge.net.

It will read the http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/latest.xml file, parse the contents, and write the release data to the STAX Monitor and the STAX Job User log. It will also demonstrate how to use this data to download the latest win32 STAF installer executable.

This function requires the HTTP service to be configured on the STAX service machine.

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'local' 'VAR' 'RESOLVE STRING {STAF/DataDir}' 'VAR RESOLVE STRING {STAF/DataDir} RC=%s, Result=%s' %(RC, STAFResult) 'local' 'FS' 'DELETE ENTRY %s CONFIRM' % (latestFile) 'FS DELETE ENTRY %s RC=%s, Result=%s' %(latestFile, RC, STAFResult) 'local' 'HTTP' 'DOGET URL http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/latest.xml FILE %s' % (latestFile) 'HTTP DOGET URL http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/latest.xml FILE %s RC=%s, Result=%s' % (latestFile, RC, STAFResult) latestFile 'Current STAF Release = %s' % (currentRelease) releaseOutput 'Downloading file %s' % (win32File) 'HTTP %s' % (httpRequest) 'local' 'HTTP' httpRequest 'RC=%s, Result=%s' % (RC, STAFResult)

Name of file containing XML to be parsed

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