Working with XML

The way you work with XML is through the XML Document Object Model or the capabilities of the other services that offer XML support that can be found in ADO 2.1 and later. XML support is provided by the MSXML.DLL. To create an instance of the root class, you will instantiate Microsoft.XMLDOM or Microsoft.FreeThreadedXMLDOM, depending on the location and type of application being developed.

There are many different ways in which you can get XML data on the server, including the following:

  • Using ADO 2.1 or later to get XML information directly from any database that supports ADO

  • Reading data from a database or other source and constructing an XML tree using the DOM

  • Loading an XML file using the XML control's load method

  • Constructing ...

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