Colin

For your typical VFP application, most Fox developers can get by without ever thinking about XML. However, in the rest of the big wide world, speaking as a C# developer, XML is ubiquitous and everywhere. There are so many uses for XML, its hard to list them. However, most .NET jobs I see require the developer to have some degree of experience with XML. This is because formats, messages, data and meta-data are often passed around in an XML format. Yes, its somewhat bulky but, it ties many disparate systems together and as universal.

I really wish I had become familiar with XML whilst I was developing VFP applications. I had to get up to speed really quickly when I moved over to the "dark side" :)

HTH

-=Gary


>Ok
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>I put my hands up and say that whilst I know little about the subject I have heard a lot about XML and listened to some of its proponents saying great things about it
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>So my curiousity at this stage is to learn what VFP developers are using it for ie what sort of applications are they building which are using XML and what benefits they see from using XML over more traditional techniques
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>Any information would be greatly welcomed
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>Thanks
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>Colin Northway