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Tekapo
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posted posted 02-04-2005 01:05

Hi, how are you , guys? I am just started learning XML thing.
I read an article about xml parser in w3school web site.
Is said that if we install MS IE5, it already installed IE5.0.
What gonna happen then if we use other vender's browser like Mozzila?
Thanks for your help.

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The Microsoft XML parser is a COM component that comes with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0. Once you have installed IE 5.0, the parser is available to scripts inside HTML documents and ASP files.
Emperor
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From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 02-05-2005 04:07

Tekapo: You really need to process the XML server-side to account for browser variations. ASP has been able to handle XML for a while and most Windows servers should be setup to deal with this by default. The Apache/PHP solution is also increasingly powerful but you'd need to check that the XML module was installed. There are also numerous (usually Java-Based) XML tools here:

http://xml.apache.org

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Cameron
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Brisbane, Australia
Insane since: Jan 2003

posted posted 02-05-2005 14:29

PHP5 comes with both SAX parser and XML DOM support out of the box (DOM also includes validation). PHP4 is a little less XML friendly, but the PEAR libs can make up for that in a pinch. As emps mentioned, ASP and .NET has been XML savvy for some time now, ColdFusion, Python and Perl also have execelent XML support (as does pertty much every other programming environment - C++, C#, Java, Actionscript and so on).

XML on the client side (being processed in a web browser) isn't such a good idea at the moment because there is no standard cross platform way to support it. More so, standard and wide spread client side XML support isn't looking to be knocking at our doors any time soon -- unless you're working in an environment where you can control which client programs access your data. For general web stuff server side XML is really your only option.

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