MSXML for Java Questions

[Marko Zerdin]

Erik, thank you for your answer. I've been out of town for a few days, so I
wasn't able to respond earlier.

So, what you're saying is that you don't advise me to use IE5 XML parser.
Well, I've made quite a progress in the meantime. I've stopped using old XML
parser for java and started using COM wrapper for MSXML, that is built in
IE5. The only problem I had by now was my inability to specify encoding of
an XML document (which could be quite a problem, because I live in Slovenia
and we don't use ASCII or ISO Latin1). I've decided to postpone a problem to
some better time.

What are the bugs you were talking about (besides encoding, which generates
error for no reason known to me)? I've kept XML quite simple and it's worked
quite well by now.

What solution would you recommend? The advantage of using IE5 built-in is
huge. The system we're developing is going to a large distributed system
that will work in IE5 (client's specification). The application will run in
applets on client machines, so minimizing the transfer is on the top of
priority list.

Do you know of any XML parser for java, that is really small and works well?
If so, I'd be happy to know about it, too.

Thanks again,

Marko.

-----Original Message-----
From: Erik James Freed [mailto:ejfreed at infocanvas.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:29 PM
To: Steven Livingstone; David Brownell
Cc: xml-dev at ic.ac.uk
Subject: RE: MSXML for Java Questions


When you are attempting to create a product that has broad reach,
the politics of standards become risks, roadblocks, slowdowns,
and sometimes showstoppers for hard working innovative and vulnerable
small companies like I represent. Hence, IMHO pushing hard on vendors to not
play politics with standards and to be consistent in their support is fair.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Livingstone [mailto:ceo at citix.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 1:21 PM
To: David Brownell; Erik James Freed
Cc: xml-dev at ic.ac.uk
Subject: Re: MSXML for Java Questions


I have recently found the best easiest way (i cost nothing) way to introduce
the company I consult for to the capabilities of XML, is through a simple,
but effective, part of their application using IE5. Reports are a successful
area to show ROI using XML.

I use as many capabilities of IE5 as no-one else is thereabouts with browser
technology. I can never really understand why people who are trying to get
technology to the masses are critisized. I'm sure there are many other XML
type apps which have non-standard parts - at least from what I have heard on
the list.

MS maybe go a bit nuts pushing technology sometimes, but then I remember
writing for the first Mosaic browser.


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