xml-dev - RE: pre newbie question

["Brandt Dainow" <bd@internet-etc.com>]

MSXML is the XML parser/processor from Microsoft.  You can run it in IE4,
but it's built-in in IE5.  You then have to pass the XML to it. To get
visible output you need to link it to HTML, hence the stylesheet, since XML
has no inbuilt appearance properties (that's the point in XML, right?).  If
you want to get started at a simple level & have IE5, I've built a simple
on-line parser at our website, which is good for a starting play with XML
(http://www.internet-etc.com/wellformed.htm).  It uses JavaScript, and may
give you some idea on linking XML and Javascript.  However, code samples are
easier to find at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/


Brandt Dainow
bd@internet-etc.com
Internet Etc Ltd
http://www.internet-etc.com

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-xml-dev@ic.ac.uk [mailto:owner-xml-dev@ic.ac.uk]On
>Behalf Of
>Clark, Bruce B
>Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 1:33 PM
>To: 'xml-dev@ic.ac.uk'
>Subject: pre newbie question
>
>
>Hi Group,
>
>It is humiliating to ask such a basic here, but everything
>that I have read
>presumes more knowledge than I have got. I am learning  XML
>from a book and
>trying to get the dreaded "hello world" into my browser. The
>book says that
>I must make a XML document (done that), make a style sheet
>(done that) and
>then convert it to HTML. This is where I am stuck. Why must I
>do this ? The
>book also says that I must ftp a file down called MSXSL.EXE
>and it will do
>the required conversion. I have looked for the file at the
>recommended site
>and it does not exist. I have done a search and can't find it either.
>
>I obviously have zero knowledge about XML. If anyone can point
>me in the
>direction of a resource, I would be most grateful. And does
>anybody know
>where I can get the MSXSL.EXE  from, or is there another alternative ?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bruce.
>
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