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dotnet xml : using xml to build ASP.NET applications

chris yoker via DotNetMonster.com
4/20/2005 3:09:18 PM

hiya,
ATM, I use vis studio to drag and drop controls on to my web forms.

Apparently, an app can be built via XML and XSLT.I've been googling, but
I'm still none the wiser as to why people would go to a low level of xml
when they could use the IDE?

Is it because:
1) the same xml can be used to build cross-platform apps?
2) it performs better (maybe there is less metadata if done in this way)?
3) it is easier to modify using XSLT than it is to go in and manually alter
controls that have been dropped onto a webform?

Can anyone give me a clue?
Also, the people that use XML to build the apps, surely they don't start
with a blank xmlDoc and manually write all the XML?

Sorry for the questions, but I feel that there might be something really
configurable that I'm missing out on :-)

cheers,
yogi

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Marina
4/20/2005 4:32:36 PM

I am guessing they are doing this in cases where the page can change
dynamically. Not when it is static.

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chris yoker via DotNetMonster.com
4/21/2005 12:00:00 AM

hi Marina,
Surely they could still load controls dynamically in this case?
(eg, they could add userControls that:
1) were built using the IDE
2) are contained in the solution explorer of the IDE.

Or, does creating them from xml give the user more control over the page
lifecycle, ie, so that controls are added at exactly the corect tome in the
page lifecycle?

many thanks,
yogi

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