Reading XML

[mmagill0]

I have made my own XML format which looks a bit like HTML, but I need a browser to read it. The built in browser windows in Visual studio can't read it, so I need to make a simple XML reader that displays the XML like HTML. Is there any very simple open source project I could edit, or is there a simple way to make an XML reader from scratch? Help would be appreciated

[Lost User]

You can use the Microsoft MSXML[^] tools, or try a Google search for open source alternatives.

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[Cool_Dev]

what do you mean by your own xml format? Xml tags are not predefined by any standards instead are by the author of the document. But html tags are predefined so that browsers can intrepret them. If you want to transform your xml into html, best option is to use XSLT. MsXml library has built in support for XSL transformation. http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/data/data-misc/xml/article.php/c4565[^] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms759204(v=VS.85).aspx[^]

[Maximilien]

if it follows XML standards, then most (all?) broswer will be able to read it; it might not be able to understand the tags and their meanings (how to display them), see : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms754529(VS.85).aspx[^] You will need to create some sort of stylesheet to help display your XML files.

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[mmagill0]

I will give you a simple example of what I'm trying to do: Text in here will be displayed as normal, but text in here will have a new formatting Is there a way to make a "browser" that reads this kind of markup instead of HTML?