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18.4. MSXML Fundamentals

DOM and SAX were mentioned in Chapter 2. DOM Level 2 and SAX2 are both standard APIs for parsing XML, and MSXML supports both standards. In fact, it is possible to use both the DOM and SAX with MSXML to validate XML instances.

18.4.1. Using MSXML from Visual Basic

The first step in using MSXML in Visual Basic is referencing the MSXML components. Like any other COM components you need to use from Visual Basic, you can add a reference to MSXML from your project file. Inside the Visual Basic IDE, you use the Projects menu to add or remove components of the project. One of these project components is a reference to a library. Selecting the Project menu and then the References item from that menu launches the References ...