Hi Vish and Cameron, On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 13:09 +1100, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Mapbuilder doesn't only uses the standard functionality from IE 6.0 and > Firefox. So no additional functionality is required to be downloaded. > > I'm not familiar with MSXML and assume it is an extra extension to IE? > In that case, Mapbuilder doesn't need it. >
Mapbuilder uses Sarissa for handling XML. Sarissa determines what browser you're using. Based upon that it decides what internal XML component to use. For IE it is MSXML. So the answer is: yes, Mapbuilder is dependent on MSXML when using IE. Have a look at mapbuilder/util/sarissa/Sarissa.js to see how it is being done. This is a snippet from that file: * ==================================================================== * About * ==================================================================== * Sarissa is an ECMAScript library acting as a cross-browser wrapper for native XML APIs. * The library supports Gecko based browsers like Mozilla and Firefox, * Internet Explorer (5.5+ with MSXML3.0+), Konqueror, Safari and a little of Opera Kind regards, Roald -- Roald de Wit Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Commercial Support for Open Source GIS Software http://lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Mapbuilder-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mapbuilder-users
