Thanks for getting back.

The files are on the local machine. Are there any examples of desktop apps
that already embed the component and expose a user friendly Open/Save
function.



"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@n...> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:19:55 +0100, "KMA" <kma@c...> wrote:
>
> >I like the editor, but I can't see how I can open an existing file and
then
> >save it after I've made a change. Have I got to write some kind of
wrapper
> >myself. Has this already been done?
>
> Yep - it's specifically designed to offer simple integration with
> content management systems, which is what you'd use for storing the
> resulting XML files - right ? So you park this in a browser, then
> script it to upload the files in way you prefer.
>
> Loading files could be done by sending it from the server as part of
> the body (you'd escape all the XML entities and put the content in a
> hidden field), or you could xmlhttp it down on demand (warn :current
> magic buzzphrase : "AJAX")
>
> You could upload in a number of ways, though POST is the most common,
> you could also use xmlhttp and/or webdav to upload the files to your
> chosen server...
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
>
>
> >cheers
> >
> >
> >"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@n...> wrote in message
> >news:dtcfm1lcb3ou9usqd4nj7kr9pj23d3qel3@4......
> >> On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 13:53:30 +0100, "KMA" <kma@c...> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hello,
> >> >
> >> >Our organisation has adopted xml for some data storage. Most of the
time
> >we
> >> >use purpose built programs to read and write the files through msxml
(v4,
> >I
> >> >think). However, sometimes we would like to edit the data direct using
a
> >> >text editor. The files have no CR/LF of tabs between the elements. IE
> >> >displays the data in a neat tree structure, but doesn't allow editing.
> >> >Notepad allows editing but displays the data in one long line. Is
there
> >an
> >> >editor (preferably free) that generates the nice formating of IE, but
> >allows
> >> >editing like Notepad?
> >>
> >> Probably you want this http://xstandard.com/ which gets you a wysywig
> >> as well as a tag/tree  based view.
> >>
> >> Cheers - Neil
> >>
> >
>