Here is a website that Scott Cadillac has put together with a bunch of developer tools including some great stuff on XML. Scott is a long time Tango developer.
http://xml-extra.net/ Troy ===== Original Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 4/26/02 6:43 pm >Hi Ben, > >I will try to summarize XML in several sentences! > >�Why to use it?� >XML stands for Extensible Markup Language, but it covers a whole family of >new technologies. >The major players in the software market made it clear that they would >support XML. Moreover, they implemented these technologies into their new >platforms such Microsoft .NET, Oracle9i, etc. > >�When to use it?� >XML can be used to: >- Exchange data between applications, databases, computers using different >platforms, TV sets, WAP phones, and wireless devices. There is MusicXML to >process music for instance. I think XML will be the only way to transmit >information from enterprise sources to wireless devices! >- Build reports using XML, DOM, and XSLT or XSL-FO. XSLT gains more >popularity among WEB and Database developers and became the standard for >Adobe and Crystal Reports. If you try to Save Microsoft Word document As >HTML and then check the source, will see mix of HTML and XML! >- Build WEB sites using XML. > >�How to use it?� >I can explain only two XML samples from the conference. >�XML Set� is a tool, which retrieves data into a XML file and produces >simple report in XML-HTML format automatically in few seconds, using R:Base >SQL, XML, and XSLT. It navigates trough the R:Base database to choose a >source, name of files, restrictions, and one column for total summarizing. >XML file contents data and XSL the presentation. Both of them are text, >human readable, cross-platform, and XML formed files. >Then you can get the XSL file and change it using XSLT, CSS, and HTML to >produce a sophisticated Web or print-on-paper report for Windows, LINUX, >Unix, or whatever. > >The second sample demonstrates how useful can be XML to build a Web site. It >is a mix of R:Base, Triggers, Store Procedures, XML, CSS, Jscript, and XSLT. >Let us suppose that you have a home web page or frame with a menu into it. >You can manage that menu entirely from R:Base without to edit any code. >If you insert, delete, or update a table Menu from R:Base, a store procedure >outputs a XML file named �Menus.xml� into the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot folder and >it is all. You have new home page! >This is the logic to build and maintain a whole Web site by R:Base. >That is perfect technology to build Web catalogs for instance. > >Konstantin Gudjev > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
