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Use the C++ XML Data Source Object
What is the C++ XML Data Source Object?
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0 and later is released with a C++ Data Source Object (DSO) that can be used to bind XML to HTML. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 was released with a Java XML DSO that is still supported in Internet Explorer 5.0 and later; however, the new C++ DSO gives you better performance and the ability to bind directly to an XML data island.
The C++ DSO allows you to create XML-driven Web applications in a completely declarative fashion, although it is still possible to write scripts against the XML document object. With the C++ DSO, both the Microsoft ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO) and XML object models are available to you.
How do I bind XML to HTML?
Consider the following XML file.
<universities>
<university>
<name>UCSB</name>
<location>Santa Barbara, CA</location>
</university>
<university>
<name>University of Texas at Arlington</name>
<location>Arlington, TX</location>
</university>
<university>
<name>USM</name>
<location>Hattiesburg, MS</location>
</university>
<university>
<name>Baylor</name>
<location>Waco, TX</location>
</university>
</universities>
You can bind this XML to a repeating table with the following HTML.
<XML ID=xmlDoc src="universities.xml"></XML>
<TABLE DATASRC="#xmlDoc" BORDER=1>
<THEAD><TH>NAME</TH><TH>LOCATION</TH></THEAD>
<TR>
<TD><SPAN DATAFLD="name"></SPAN></TD>
<TD><SPAN DATAFLD="location"></SPAN></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
Click the button below to view the table created.
| NAME | LOCATION |
|---|---|
There is no need for an <APPLET> or <OBJECT> tag; the XML DSO does all the work for you.
Try it!
For more information, see the XML Data Source Object demo in MSDN® Online Downloads. Download the sources for that demo and see if you can change the display format from a form to a repeated table.
