I've included an xml and a dtd file in my Resources folder (This is a Winforms VB project in VS2005.) I'm planning on using the xml in Resources as a 'template', just load it and change values. The beginning code is: Dim xDoc As New XmlDocument xDoc.LoadXml(My.Resources.NameOfXMLFile) ... do some stuff to XDoc Given that, is it possible to use a DTD in Resources to validate the XML? (I admit I'm having some trouble following the documentation on this point.)
B. Chernick wrote: > I've included an xml and a dtd file in my Resources folder (This is a > Winforms VB project in VS2005.) I'm planning on using the xml in Resources > as a 'template', just load it and change values. The beginning code is: > > Dim xDoc As New XmlDocument > xDoc.LoadXml(My.Resources.NameOfXMLFile) > ... do some stuff to XDoc > > Given that, is it possible to use a DTD in Resources to validate the XML? That should be possible by using a custom implementation of XmlResolver that ensures that the system identifier is resolved by loading the DTD from the resource. -- Martin Honnen --- MVP XML http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
That's just it. The basic ref states that it 'Resolves external XML resources named by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). ' Does this apply to this situation? "Martin Honnen" wrote: > B. Chernick wrote: > > I've included an xml and a dtd file in my Resources folder (This is a > > Winforms VB project in VS2005.) I'm planning on using the xml in Resources > > as a 'template', just load it and change values. The beginning code is: > > > > Dim xDoc As New XmlDocument > > xDoc.LoadXml(My.Resources.NameOfXMLFile) > > ... do some stuff to XDoc > > > > Given that, is it possible to use a DTD in Resources to validate the XML? > > That should be possible by using a custom implementation of XmlResolver > that ensures that the system identifier is resolved by loading the DTD > from the resource. > > -- > > Martin Honnen --- MVP XML > http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/ >
B. Chernick wrote: > That's just it. The basic ref states that it 'Resolves external XML > resources named by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). ' Does this apply to > this situation? Based on your previous post where you have <!DOCTYPE BDD SYSTEM "EAI.dtd"> the EAI.dtd is a (relative) URI that needs to be resolved to load the external DTD. If you put that into a .NET assembly as a resource then you need to provide a custom implementation of XmlResolver so that the XML parser finds the DTD in the assembly. See http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LoadingXmlSchemaFilesOutOfAssemblyResources.aspx for an example, it deals with schemas but the mechanism is the same whether the parser needs to access a referenced DTD or a referenced schema. -- Martin Honnen --- MVP XML http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
