Microsoft User this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to maint...more >>

When Trying to Load an XSLT File with the XslTransform i got a rather = annoying Exception being thrown "System.Xml.XPath.XPathException: = XsltContext is needed for this query because of an unknown function."=20 It was annoying because I had checked created the whole document and = tested it in...more >>

I am written a program that will be used to parse the lexical syntax of code files. I would like to generalize the grammar logic so that I don't hardcode any specific grammar in my program. Basically I would like to use XML to define a languages grammar the way that BNF does. Are there any st...more >>

The Following is an Error I am getting using VS.NET 2003. When I bind = the XML and XSLT Document together in Internet Explorer it works fine. = However when I attempt to Load the File with the XSLTTransform.Load it = raises this error. I have attempted to use a DNS Resolver hoping that I = coul...more >>

I'm pretty new to XSLT so bear with I have an XML file that contains Names and ID's of a bunch of widgets. Using XSLT I would like to output an <A> link with the Widget's ID as part of the query string. <a href="myWidget.aspx?ID=WidgetID">WidgetName</a> I am having a hard time figuring out h...more >>

Is there a way to utilize the IDeserializationCallback interface with the standard XmlSerializer? It does not appear to be supported in this context. IDeserializationCallback works fine when used with the binary or SOAP formatters. Should I assume that a custom formatter is needed to su...more >>

Just out of interest - is there an easier/quicker way to retrieve values via Xpath when namespaces are used? At the moment I seem to need a lot more lines of code to do something I thought was fairly standard? Of course I can just wrap the calls up into a helper function but was wondering if ...more >>

In the world of MSXML 4.0 - one of the techniques used was caching the DomDocument in the application cache with ASP. Updates made to individual nodes could occur concurrently. Is this still possible in .NET? Or is the a better design to use. ...more >>

My WinForms app store some kind of data in a structured way... don't need a database to store that, so I was thinking about store this in a XML file... I would like to know what's the best method to read/write XML files... In preview, I'm using DataSets and ReadXml/WriteXml methods... I don't kno...more >>

Can anyone from M$ or anyone else for that matter explain to me the reasoning behind the intended usage for this property? I was quite surprised to find that this property may be null depending on the XmlNodeType. If one imagines a scenario where some hapless programmer adds a new node to an XML...more >>

Is there a way to use <xsl:sort> to sort by date. Sample xml doc I want to perform sorting on --------------------------------------------- <Parent> <child> <date>10/10/2003</date> <displayText>The text that should be displayed</displayText> </child> <child> ...more >>

I have a class that I deserialize into as such: public class row { [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()] public string RecordFound; [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()] public string IsExpired; } When this gets serialized, the output looks like: <row...more >>

In my previous post, I asked about a routine which prepares a string for an XPath query by taking care of escape characters. Unable to find a list, I'm now wondering assumign I enclose the attribute value in quotes in my XPath query, what other escape characters need to be handled aside from ...more >>

Hello, I have an xsd file that I'm trying to use to validate some xml against. I'm hoping this is a simple problem, but I just don't see it. I get the error "The 'role' element is not declared." when trying to validate this xml: <users> <user id="jon" pwd="pass"> <roles><role>Admin...more >>

Does someone have the routine (preferablly in C#) that takes a string (i.e. "3995 Joseph, Smith "Joe") and prepares it for use in an XPath query ( i.e. SelectSingleNode(/member[@name=concat("3995 Joseph, Smith ", '"', "Joe"]) ) so that all escape characters are taken care of and the issue wi...more >>

I have a few questions about DTD ENTITY. I would appreciate any help. 1. Is there any equivalent of this in xsd? Suppose I want to use the same string in multiple places in an xml file, is it possible to do without DTD entities? e.g. Consider two elements like this which are present in my xml ...more >>

I'm pretty new to Xml and Xslt so bear with. I cant seem to add the xsl prefix to my stylesheet and get it to work. Error: The wrong namespace was used for XSL. Use 'http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'. Heres my stylesheet -------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <s...more >>

I am building dynamic XSL using a string varible in VB.Net with information in code and from a database field. I am having a difficult time finding the correct object to load the string into to then have the object passed to the XslTransform.Load method. I want to avoid writing the information...more >>

Hello All, I have written a small sample application that serializes an object using the XmlSerializer class. Looks great and I understand how to control some of the serialization processing using attributes. My question is, I need greater control over the use of XML attributes. The XmlSe...more >>

Hi, Please bear with me on this problem, first I'll give you some background: I have an object that contains a DateTime field which i pass to a webservice public class Foo { public DateTime RequestDate; } public class FooWebService : System.Web.Services.WebService { [WebMethod...more >>

According to the XML Serialization documentation (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemXmlSerializationXmlIgnoreAttributeClassTopic.asp?frame=true) , fieldnameSpecified can be used to minOccurs = "0" a variable when it is serialized. For example; Public Z As Deci...more >>

Sorry for posting to a lot of groups, but I'm not sure what this problem relates to, so I thought it was better to be safe than sorry. Please feel free to set FUT to the proper group when answering. I'm having problems with the XSLT function 'document()' after upgrading to ASP.NET 1.1. I've s...more >>

Can somebody explain why the endElement (</items>) in the following sample is not written? Public Sub Test() Dim objMem As New MemoryStream Dim objWriter As New XmlTextWriter(objMem, New System.Text.ASCIIEncoding) Dim strXMLResult As String objWriter....more >>

Hi Here's my XML file : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ApplicationSettings> <Section Name="Transfert"> <Key Name="m_blnTransfRoleBD" Value="True" /> <Key Name="m_blnTransfRoleHyper" Value="True" /> <Key Name="m_blnTransfCRBD" Value="False" /> <Key Name="m_blnTr...more >>

I have a method that generates an string in XML format and passes it to be processed. The string is in the following format: <grandparent> <parent> <child1>text</child1> <child2>text again</child2> </parent> <aunt> <cousin1>text</cousin1> <cousi...more >>

Hi, I'll try to explain. I'm now using C# and I have an xmlfile that contains users and information about them, this xmlfile can be read and changed from many threads in my application, as many users can be connected at the same time, the user information in the file can also be changed by other...more >>

Please could somebody explain what an "atomized string" is? I have been doing loops in the msdn around XmlNameTable and NameTable but neither explain what an atomized string is. The example for one adds a string to two different NameTables and then compares them and they are considered equal? I ...more >>

If I understand the Xml Serializer correctly, as it is serializing an object graph, if it comes across a collection object, it puts a tag in for the collection and then tries to serialize all of the members of the collection. This is roughly the same treatment when the top of my object gr...more >>

Hi. I am using the following pattern to validate e-mail entries in a xml file: ([a-zA-Z0-9])+([\.a-zA-Z0-9_-])*@([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)+ The problem is that the e-mail element can be empty, and when I apply the above pattern the element needs a value. How can I validate the e-mail...more >>

Microsoft Partner this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. Install now to maintain the security of your computer from the...more >>

Hi All, I have this weird problem. I have an xml document and tried to do an XPath query to it. If I use the SelectSingleNode method it throws an exception but it works with SelectNodes method. Is this a known problem with XPath and SelectSingleNode? Code snippet: <snip> XmlDocument xml...more >>

Is there any pointers in designing code with XML in the .NET world. 1. If I have a method with a large number of parameters. func(a,b,c,d,e,f....) Would it be better to pass the data as XML func(xml) or a strong type: func(myparams) or even XPathNavigator: ** I'm...more >>

As a new .net developer, I would like to know how a VB.net Windows application can access a SQL Server database residing on a web server. In other words, using the Visual Studio IDE, is there a way to develop a Visual Basic, Windows application that can access a SQL Server database over t...more >>

Hello, I have an xml stream like : <biblio> <books> <book> <title>book 01</title> <editor>toto</editor> </book> <book> <title>book 02</title> <editoreur>titi</editor> </book> </books> </biblio> ...more >>

I'm still new to Xml, but finding it very useful. Conceptually what I want to do is compress an XmlDocument, save it to SQL Server as image data, read it back and restore it to an XmlDocument. I'm a bit bewildered by the choices available (XmlSerialization, XmlWriter, Xml on SQL Server) and ...more >>

I'm pretty new to XML. (warning) I'm tring to understand what a namespace in xml is exactly. Also is this example correct. (specifically my namespace declaration) The XSD is in the same directory as the XML file. --------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" enco...more >>

Dear All, Save me....I am about to give up..... I have spent the last two days trying to get id() funcion to work with .NET XPath classes. Any pointers information on how this works and what the requirements are wil be helpful. I am using VB .NET. Thanks in advance. And I will owe you one...more >>

I know there's a lot of debate between DataReader and DataSets. I'm hoping what I have to ask isn't something done to death. I'd like to make my application be able to use XML and SQL interchangably, meaning that I'd like to be able to abstract most of the methods and properties so that it do...more >>

I'm trying to return a byte() array or a base64string from a .net WebService to a VB6 application using the SOAP3 client. I used the disco utility to generate the WSDL file that is used by the VB6 client. Any help would be appreciated...more >>