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Cota · 03-26-2006, 12:54 PM

You guys want the truth on XML...simply put..XML doesnt do anything at all. Its not like CSS, but XSL would be more like CSS. XML became popluar because it unified data transfers between platforms and languages. With XML, a windows based program can talk to a unix based program, assuming they can both parse XML...

@adobe_fan - You have to learn XML or any other language to use Flash. I'm not a big fan of XML/Flash combo. Flash takes too long to parse XML..I'd rather load data from a PHP or ASP script and use Style Sheets to format it. With Flash Remoting, you can use C#, Java, etc and do some hardcore stuff.

03-26-2006, 12:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
Cota Senior Member Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 33 Posts: 414	Re: xml what is it You guys want the truth on XML...simply put..XML doesnt do anything at all. Its not like CSS, but XSL would be more like CSS. XML became popluar because it unified data transfers between platforms and languages. With XML, a windows based program can talk to a unix based program, assuming they can both parse XML... @adobe_fan - You have to learn XML or any other language to use Flash. I'm not a big fan of XML/Flash combo. Flash takes too long to parse XML..I'd rather load data from a PHP or ASP script and use Style Sheets to format it. With Flash Remoting, you can use C#, Java, etc and do some hardcore stuff.