This is interesting. It seems that XML messaging is the beginning of a type of hybrid data protocol.

The overhead is a function of the amount of data being created and parsed and is a design issue for the developer.

I'm just wondering about XML's long term viability with respect to increased bandwidth capacities in the future. Will it lose it's appeal?


>Another nice thing about using XML as a messenger is being able to use XSL to format data. I did a little experiementing with this technology and was very impressed, although it was hard to understand. I wonder if there is any potential for using XML\XSL to replace the Report Writer in VFP?
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>The biggest problem I see with using XML as a messenger is the overhead involved in creating and parsing it, this obstacle may limit XML's viablility.
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>Charlie