Thanks! Will begin learning...

Cheers
Fred

"Anthony Jones" <Ant@y...> wrote in message 
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> "Fred Boer" <fredboer1@N...> wrote in message
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>> Hello all:
>>
>> Working with Microsoft Access and Visual Basic for Applications, I've
>> created a freeware small library management system. I am trying to create
> a
>> module to download cataloguing MARC records from libraries via their
> Z39.50
>> servers. So far so good...
>>
>> I need to pull apart/parse these MARC records and the consensus seems to
> be
>> that XML is the best route. I am not a programmer (just an enthusiast),
> and
>> I know nothing about XML - but, hey, I had to teach myself Visual Basic, 
>> I
>> can tackle something new... ;)
>>
>> Here is a sample of the advice I've been given to give a sense of what I
>> need:
>>
>> "If you are interested in using XML the key methods you will need to
> master
>> are the SelectNodes and SelectSingleNode methods of the XML object. The
>> input to these functions is an XML Xpath expression that identifies a
> single
>> or list of fields in the MARC XML record."
>>
>> Given all of this, any books/websites/tutorials you might suggest? I've
>> visited the library and seen a plethora of books..
>>
>
> http://www.w3schools.com/
>
> Run through the XML and XML DOM tutorials.  Short and to the point very 
> good
> 101 introduction.
>
> Then:-
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/xmlsdk/html/7e831db8-9d0a-43ff-87e9-11382721eb99.asp
>
> For guidance and details of using the MSXML objects.
>
>
>> Cheers!
>> Fred Boer
>>
>>
>
>