I understand CFMX makes it possible for syndication where only Flash is needed on the client end (which 95+% browsers have?) to parse xml. Is this described somewhere?
best, paul PS> It looks like openwddx.org pretty much died. What happened? CFMX? At 11:15 AM 1/19/03 -0500, you wrote: >I'm guessing from your post that you're using CF 5? Yes CFMX should make it >considerably easier since cfmx has a handfull of new functions specifically >for manipulating strings of xml markup. You can still retreive your content >from the packet with CF 5 although it's going to be a lot more difficult, >and you're liable to end up using regular expressions to accomplish it, >which is a whole other subject unto itself and is not easy to grasp for many >people. I've personally parsed xml with regular expressions, but it can be >time consuming and / or frustrating. For example, to get the title from an >html page you might use something like this: > >#rereplacenocase(myxml,"^.*<title[^>]*>([^<]*)</title>.*$","\1","ALL")# > >That being said, I don't know that you'll be able to find any "kid gloves" >examples of parsing xml content that won't require CF MX, with the acception >of WDDX which won't be helpful to you because your xml content isn't in that >format. > >s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > >new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > >lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > >tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > >certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer >http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > > > > All... > > > I've been searching for some basic assistance--a very > > basic tutorial on > > bringing down an XML feed, parsing and displaying to my > > page. But, I > > need something that's really quite basic; mostly > > everything I'm finding > > isn't treating me with the kid gloves I'd like to be > > handled with so I > > can really have things sink in (and I'm not far enough > > along in my XML > > course to get some of their methods to work). > > > I'm trying to add content (really, just headlines) from: > > http://www.togetherfest.com/JScript/RSS.xml to a site as a > > learning > > experience/add-on for a friend and any direction to > > something that gives > > me the 1-2-3 on how to do (and what I'm actually doing) > > would be a huge > > benefit. Am I barking up the wrong tree because this is a > > little > > advanced--or am I seeking the wrong way since I've heard > > that CFMX > > really is supposed to make this a bit easier? > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Russ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > > Archives: > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 > > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > > > Unsubscribe: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.4 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
