RE: XML/XSL parsers

[Mark Birbeck <Mark.Birbeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> As I have not yet taught myself Java I have done most of my 
> XML/xsl work
> with IE5beta. However, before I load anything onto a web site 
> I have to
> allow for other browsers. Can anyone suggest where I can find 
> a stand-alone
> (exe) parser that I can use with other browsers (or 
> versions). Everything I
> have found seems to be java source code. 

Obviously depends on your server, but if it's IIS then have you
considered putting the IE5 control onto the server? We've got it going
here quite nicely. The script checks for IE5 browsers, and sends the
XML/XSL separate if it is. Otherwise it merges the XML and XSL.

If the data is not that dynamic - say the XML pages are not coming from
a database, or the data changes infrequently, then you can speed up the
whole process by using Content Replication from Site Server to take a
snapshot of the site. This is the same as what your EXE would achieve,
but a bit more flexible, I think.

Mark Birbeck
Managing Director
Intra Extra Digital Ltd.
39 Whitfield Street
London
W1P 5RE
w: http://www.iedigital.net/
t: 0171 681 4135
e: Mark.Birbeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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