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VB XML question

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  • 18-05-2004 2:06pm
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    Draupnir
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    Ive just started a project I dreamt up, its a e-Business thing so I want to transfer my data using XML. I was wondering how exactly I do this. Is it a matter of retrieving the data I want to transfer from my data. doing some basic file processing within VB to create the XML tags and then sending it.

    And then the reversse to read an XML file. Do I just use basic file processing to remove the tags and read the info?


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    The Corinthian
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    Originally posted by Draupnir
    its a e-Business thing so I want to transfer my data using XML.
    Why does it being an e-Business thing mean that you must transfer your data using XML?

    TBH, XML is probably a bad idea in the majority of cases and simply used by some consultants to drive up their fees.
    I was wondering how exactly I do this. Is it a matter of retrieving the data I want to transfer from my data. doing some basic file processing within VB to create the XML tags and then sending it.

    And then the reversse to read an XML file. Do I just use basic file processing to remove the tags and read the info?
    You can theoretically use the FSO along with some HTTP component, but with VB you would most likely use the MSXML parser. It is downloadable along with code examples at the Microsoft site.


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    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    Originally posted by Draupnir
    Ive just started a project I dreamt up, its a e-Business thing so I want to transfer my data using XML. I was wondering how exactly I do this. Is it a matter of retrieving the data I want to transfer from my data. doing some basic file processing within VB to create the XML tags and then sending it.

    And then the reversse to read an XML file. Do I just use basic file processing to remove the tags and read the info?

    You use the MSXML to work with XML in VB. Creating it or parsing it. Add a reference to it in your VB project. To answer you question you need to give more specific detail on what it is you are doing. Its a bit too vague at the moment.


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    bonkey
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    Depending on what you're doing...there may be even easier ways.

    The newer data-access models can generate XML from datasets, if memory serves me right (been a while since I did VB).

    So if you're dealing with data from a DB, it should be relatively simple to generate the XML.

    Oh - and you can populate the recordsets from XML as well, so thats the "other direction" sorted as well, if it matches what you want to do.

    jc


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