Hi Tim, I'll have a look around. As to articles, the link I sent you yesterday is an article which contains examples of xml reading/writing in vb6. If you didn't get that email, I'll resend it. In the meantime, give me a couple of minutes, and I'll find the library for you. Cheers, David. -----Original Message----- From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Burgess Sent: 26 October 2009 20:09 To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Re: Reading/writing XML using VS6 Hi David, I found a number of download sites, but am wary of picking one at random - do you have a trusted URL, please? Additionally, any pages you can recommend for usage examples, please? Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Mobile: 07989 486976 Web: http://www.raisedbar.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atherstone-United-Kingdom/Raised-Bar-Ltd/12023 4896800 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -----Original Message----- From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Reynolds Sent: 26 October 2009 17:33 To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Re: Reading/writing XML using VS6 Tim, Essentially, the xml documents should contain document tags referring to each element, and whilst the files may become quite complex, you should be able to use select case to capture the various tags and their values. For VB6, you'll need the library msxml2.X. If you have trouble finding this, then I'll get it and send it to you, but it is free, and you shouldn't have any problem getting it. Best, David. -----Original Message----- From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Burgess Sent: 26 October 2009 15:53 To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Re: Reading/writing XML using VS6 Hi, Thanks to everybody who's offered help. The project involves cloning an existing inaccessible application for controlling a piece of musical equipment to create a freeware accessible version. The existing software reads and writes configuration files for the hardware and these files turn out to be coded in XML (I opened a couple in Notepad just to see). Some aspects of the project are covered by an NDA, so I'm deliberately trying to ask generic guidance questions. The layout of the files I've looked at so far doesn't look complex, but I need to do some more reading of the unit's programming manual and try to generate a worst-case file to inspect. Since there are a lot of configuration files available for this application, I'm trying to maintain file compatibility with my new version so that sighted and unsighted users can exchange configurations. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Mobile: 07989 486976 Web: http://www.raisedbar.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atherstone-United-Kingdom/Raised-Bar-Ltd/12023 4896800 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -----Original Message----- From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corbett, James Sent: 26 October 2009 12:49 To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Re: Reading/writing XML using VS6 Tim: What sort of xml are you refering to.... For example in one of my apps I have six different xml files. Essentially you are scanning through a text file that has keys, names, parameters and values. J. -----Original Message----- From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Burgess Sent: October 25, 2009 13:00 To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Reading/writing XML using VS6 Hi, Does anybody have any experience of this? I could code this in VC6 or VB6 (the latter would be easier for me, but the former's probably what I should use as the application requires memory efficiency). My knowledge of XML is rudimentary, to say the least, so I'm not even sure what I should be looking for in any API/SDK that offers XML I/O. All info and advice gratefully received. Best wishes. 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