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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings,<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm new comer to the subject of XML, and the first
book I read in XML is Steven<BR>Holzner's XML Complete. His book is quite
easy to follow, but unfortunatly,<BR>many changes have taken place since it was
published, and I am having trouble to get<BR>started, even running some of the
samples codes in the book.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In many of the java files (Steven used Java
mostly), the following three lines<BR>are present:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>import com.ms.xml.ParseException;<BR>import
com.ms.xml.Document;<BR>import com.ms.xml.Element;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whenever I try to run a file with those three lines
in it, a class definition<BR>not found error is given.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>According to the book, there is a file called
xmlinst.exe avail. from<BR><A
href="http://www">http://www</A>.microsoft.com/standards/xml/xmlparse.htm.
Once I ran xmlist, the microsoft COM<BR>Java package will be installed, and I
was supposed to drag the COM folder into the<BR>Java\classes directory in Win
Explorer so that the Java programs can find the<BR>parser class
easily.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, Microsoft has reorganized the web site,
and the parser is now integrate<BR>into the VM. I downloaded and installed
the SDK 3.2, JVM build 3181, and the<BR>two class files, but I still get the
same errors.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>According to the book, the following major MSXML
classes are used in the sample codes:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>com.ms.xml.Element<BR>com.ms.xml.ElementFactory<BR>com.ms.xml.Attribute<BR>com.ms.xml.Document<BR>com.ms.xml.ParseException</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could you please give me some ideas as how to set
up my development environment<BR>so that I could get started?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks very
much,<BR>James</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>