On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:26:10 +0100 I wrote:

> If the XML page is intended as a data source, go to the definition and find
> out how different items are identified. In that case, it may be worth
> trying to parse the XML directly. I don't intend to address that issue as
> I'm not very good at it.

> If it is intended to be viewed, you'll probably need to open the site in
> your browser, view source and work out how each item can be identified.

I forgot to point out that if the web page is intended for viewing, rather
than as a data source, any way you work out to identify the data is
vulnerable to some web designer suddenly changing his mind.

Be aware that you may need to reissue your program with new rules at very
short notice.
This could be a case for rbscript configuration files if you are not
paranoid about customers seeing your parsing code.

--
Steve Garman
Using REALbasic 2006r2 Professional on Windows XP Pro


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