Re: How to read an XML file in Visual C++ 6

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On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:56:09 -0000, "David Webber" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Why would you need an open network connection to validate against a DTD?

First, the DTD could be part of the XML file itself

It could be in your resources

It could be a file on the user's machine

Personally, I'd vote for putting it in the resources.

Because the musicXML data files, which are passed over the internet, start
with things like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE score-partwise PUBLIC "-//Recordare//DTD MusicXML 2.0
Partwise//EN"
"http://www.musicxml.org/dtds/partwise.dtd";>

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It is really critical that a program I use (such as yours) be usable in any venue under
any conditions. I mostly use it when I'm traveling, which means I'm at 35,000 feet over
Utah or I'm in some motel somewhere without connectivity. My world has to be completely
self-contained on my machine. I do not consider it reasonable to require Internet
connectivity for doing simple tasks. Such as opening and reading a file.

It makes no sense to put a remote URL into a file which is going to be used locally.

In fact, I question whether or not it EVER makes sense to allow my machine to go out to
connect to a URL. The server has to be able to support every request, and in any case, is
it not a violation of privacy?
joe
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I'd be very happy to keep a local copy of the DTD in the resources of the
DLL import module, but I didn't find a way to tell it to use that instead of
the DTD prescribed in the XML file. Am I missing something obvious?

Dave
Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
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