18.1. Introducing MSXML

For those who have not worked with MSXML in the past, it might help to understand what MSXML is and what it can be used for. The Microsoft XML Core Services, or MSXML, is a COM-based library of components that consume and (or) generate XML. This library is free and downloadable from the Microsoft Web site. The most recent release of MSXML is version 4.0. The components are contained in the application extension file msxml4.dll.

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The most recent version of the Microsoft XML Core Services can be found at the Microsoft Developer Network Site, specifically at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sample.asp?url=/MSDN-FILES/027/001/766
/msdncompositedoc.xml 

In addition to MSXML, Microsoft has a variety of other XML-related ...

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