Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

C++ Implementation

The C++ implementation is composed of the following files:

• XMLToCSVBasic.cpp: the main routine for the C++ application

• CSVRowWriter.cpp: a class with write and formatRow methods

• CSVRowWriter.h: the header file for the CSVRowWriter class

• handleCOMError.cpp: the function that displays information about COM errors

• displayParseError.cpp: the function that displays information about parsing errors

• BlasterIncludes.h: the header file for the C++ code for including all standard headers and libraries, like importing MSXML

• BlasterPrototypes.h: the header file with prototypes for handleCOMError and handleParseError

The first thing we need to keep in mind about the C++ implementation is that MSXML is a COM component (in Microsoft's Component ...