<makeyourownonesies@g...> wrote in message
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> Hi there.  I am not great with this stuff, but I am using the
> microsoft createobject code to insert xml data into my asp page.  In
> this particular xml file I am trying to retrieve data from, the data
> is separated by comment tags, for example:
>
> <!-- item1start -->
> the text I want
> <!-- item1end -->
>

Why are you delimiting data with comments?
Have you ever seen an XML file before?

http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp


> How to I "get" the info within these comment tags, how would I call
> upon this for the response.write if I used something like this insert?
>
> <%
> Dim objHttp
> set objHttp = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
Use:-

Set objHttp = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0")

> objHttp.open "GET", "http://www.thexmlfile.xml", false
>
> objHttp.Send
> If objHttp.status = 200 Then
> response.write(objHttp.responseText)

Use:-

Response.Write objHttp.responseText

> End If
> set objHttp = nothing
> %>

Perhaps you might explain what you are trying to achieve and we can guide
you to the sort of solution you need.


-- 
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET