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>I can tell I'm gonna be flamed like hell for this...
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>AB can output in XML right?
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>WHAT THE HELL IS XML?
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>It's driving me crazy!
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>the words eXtended markup language come to mind, but whats the
>difference between this and HTML?
>
Alex Morano is correct, but it is actually more than that...not only can you
wrap data to send to disconnected systems, but you can also apply style
sheets to define how the output looks when displayed. Microsoft is now
beginning to use it heavily in the next release of the "Visual" packages
under the new ".net" label. In fact they are reducing the use of the Windows
registry and using files containing xml instead. You can also parse xml
files from within Microsoft visual basic and c++, using a special parsing
tool that they have. Anyway, many people see it as the new future for
transferring of data, including such things as EDI, EBDT etc. Sending a
style sheet with and xml file tells the recipient how it is formatted
without having to hard code everything. Sorry if bored you, but it is
becoming a new standard, but probably will not replace html either
Malc.
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