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Q1:What's the purpose of an object's clsid property?
A1: clsid stands for class ID, and it's the globally unique identifier used by all programs. If the system has the object in its library, it uses the ID to get the information regarding the object's structure. The value of the ID is computed using an algorithm with random features that guarantee uniqueness.
Q2:Are there similarities between a Data Source Object and a database reader?
A2: Yes, there are. The Data Source Object understands the basic structure of an XML Object file and uses this knowledge to read its contents. The DSO methods to move forward and backward through the file are typical of database functions for getting the next and previous records.
Q3:When a DSO object ...

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