"Digga" <Digga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I'm not sure if I'm asking this question in the right group, so if anyone
> could give me pointer to the solution I'd really appreciate it.
>
> Situation:
> I'm building a ASP based calendar type of system. I've run into a problem
> that I can't reolve as I know nothing about XML, not entirely true, but
> close.
> This system needs to interogate the free/busy data contained in Exchange
> 2003 for multiple users. I came across this fantastic URL, using OWA which
> returns the free/busy data as xml back to the browser:
> https://exchServer.myDomain.com/public/?cmd=freebusy&start=2005-02-28T07:30:00-00:00&end=2005-02-28T16:30:00-00:00&interval=30&u=SMTP:first.last1@myDomain.com&u=SMTP:first.last2@myDomain.com
> When this is run in the browser, IE displays the results as XML. The plain
> XML output is not particularly great from a user perspective, I do know
> how
> to format using XSL.
>
> Result Needed (ideally):
> I need this XML file to return the data to the server rather than the
> browser, so I can apply the XSL and display the results in a meaningful
> way
> to the end users.
>
> Is this possible?
> Can XML data be retrieved through a URL dynamically built in an ASP or
> ASP.NET page so I can manipulate the results and create/save the file for
> later use?
>
> Any response would be appreciated.

"Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]" wrote:

> Yes, the server-based logic can grab the URL and then transform it.
> This is a working example of an ASP.NET page that does this.
> http://cheeso.members.winisp.net/xml1/
>
> But if you are not an XML expert, then the XSL can get pretty hairy !!!
>
> Another way to go is to just do Xpath on the returned XML and get individual
> pieces.
> Good luck!
>
> -D
>
> --
> Dino Chiesa
> Microsoft Developer Division
> d i n o c h @ OmitThis . m i c r o s o f t . c o m
>
>
> "Digga" <Digga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E379532C-8DE6-4DFF-A51E-C04B3385D94D@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm not sure if I'm asking this question in the right group, so if anyone
> > could give me pointer to the solution I'd really appreciate it.
> >
> > Situation:
> > I'm building a ASP based calendar type of system. I've run into a problem
> > that I can't reolve as I know nothing about XML, not entirely true, but
> > close.
> > This system needs to interogate the free/busy data contained in Exchange
> > 2003 for multiple users. I came across this fantastic URL, using OWA which
> > returns the free/busy data as xml back to the browser:
> > https://exchServer.myDomain.com/public/?cmd=freebusy&start=2005-02-28T07:30:00-00:00&end=2005-02-28T16:30:00-00:00&interval=30&u=SMTP:first.last1@myDomain.com&u=SMTP:first.last2@myDomain.com
> > When this is run in the browser, IE displays the results as XML. The plain
> > XML output is not particularly great from a user perspective, I do know
> > how
> > to format using XSL.
> >
> > Result Needed (ideally):
> > I need this XML file to return the data to the server rather than the
> > browser, so I can apply the XSL and display the results in a meaningful
> > way
> > to the end users.
> >
> > Is this possible?
> > Can XML data be retrieved through a URL dynamically built in an ASP or
> > ASP.NET page so I can manipulate the results and create/save the file for
> > later use?
> >
> > Any response would be appreciated.
>
>