Hello,
Is IE 4.01 capable of trapping XML streams and processing them
using XSL as
they come from the server? (just as it traps and processes HTML
streams from
the server).
I am in the process of building an XML enabled server side
application which
will talk to SQL server(6.5) tables and facing such
a
problem.
My ENVIRONMENT is
:-
* OS :- Windows NT Server
4.0
* Scripting Evnvironment :-
ASP
* Scripting Language :-
VBScript
* Client Browser :- IE
4.01
* Web Server :- IIS
4.0
* Database Server :- SQL Server
6.5
I
am trying to incorporate the following functionalities to
the
application in the following
manner:-
FUNCTION 1 :- The application should be able to construct XML
data sources
from the data stored in the SQL
tables.
IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNCTION 1:- I am using ASP (ADO objects
within
ASP) to construct XML data sources within ASP pages.A code snippet
is
:-
.
.
<%@
LANGUAGE = VBScript
%>
<?XML
VERSION="1.0"?>
<TABLE1>
<%
Set Conn =
Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Conn.Open
"TABLE1"
Set RS = Conn.Execute("select * from
TABLE1")
Do while not
RS.EOF
%>
<FIELD1><%= RS("Field1")
%></FIELD1>
<FIELD2><%= RS("Field1")
%></FIELD2>
<%
RS.MoveNext
Loop
%>
</TABLE1>
FUNCTION 2 :- The server application should send the XML data
source
constructed in the ASP as an XML stream to the client
browser.
IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNCTION 2:- Sending the XML stream back to
the client
browser is easily achievable through ASP. But the problem is in
trapping the
XML stream by the client
browser.
Just like in a normal HTML interaction , the server sends an
HTML stream
back, which the client browser traps and displays , the same
mechanism should
also hold if one plans to send an XML stream
back.
Based on the above content here are my questions
:-
1)
Does IE 4.01 trap and process the XML data stream as it
arrives from
the
server?
(The way it traps and processes
HTML)
If so how?If not, how to make it do
it?
Ideally, an XML data stream is attached with an XSL stylesheet
for display
purposes, for which the MSXSL processor can be
used.
2) How to associate the incoming XML data stream (not a .XML
file) from the
server with an XSL stylesheet (using MSXSL processor)
in
IE4.01?
Any suggestions would be
appreciated,
Thanks in advance,
AMIT
