Microsoft's MSXML parser is rich in functionality, but in some cases a full-featured parser is too large for resource-limited environments. Don't count XML out yet though; you can write your own lightweight VB XML parser in fewer than 400 lines of code!
by Guang Yang, translated for VB by A. Russell Jones, Executive Editor, DevX.com
November 22, 2002
Editor's Note: This tutorial is also available in a version for Java developers. Get the Java version.
ML is rapidly gaining popularity with application developers as a data storage and exchange format because of its readability, ease of use, and firewall friendliness. Microsoft's full-featured MSXML parser is large and powerful—and consumes resources commensurate with that power at installation and run time. The MSXML parser is well over 1MB.
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ML is rapidly gaining popularity with application developers as a data storage and exchange format because of its readability, ease of use, and firewall friendliness. Microsoft's full-featured MSXML parser is large and powerful—and consumes resources commensurate with that power at installation and run time. The MSXML parser is well over 1MB.
