ASP and XML problem

[w@m]

Hi,

I'm trying to use ASP to write XML documents form input from a HTML form.
I have to write some tags like this:


<creation audience="inter nal">Written in
<date>[input from form: yyyy]</date>by using guideline
<title>[input from form]</title>and reviewed by
<employee>[input from form]</employee>on
<date>[input from form: mm/dd/yy]</date>
</creation>

It's the standard text that has to go between the tags (from the second one
onwards) that's giving me a headache.
I've tried to solve this by the following code, but the 'Response.Write 's'
won't do the trick:


Set objChildCreatio n = objDom.createEl ement("creation ")
objChildReviewd esc.appendChild objChildCreatio n
objChildCreatio n.setAttributeN ode objattCreationA udience
objattCreationA udience.Text="i nternal"
objChildCreatio n.Text = "Written in"

Set objChildCreatio n1Date = objDom.createEl ement("date")
objChildCreatio n.appendChild objChildCreatio n1Date
objChildCreatio n1Date.Text = Request.Form("f irstdate")

Response.Write (" by using guideline ")

Set objChildCreatio nTitle = objDom.createEl ement("title")
objChildCreatio n.appendChild objChildCreatio nTitle
objChildCreatio nTitle.Text=Req uest.Form("titl e")

Response.Write (" and reviewed by ")

Set objChildCreatio nEmployee = objDom.createEl ement("employee ")
objChildCreatio n.appendChild objChildCreatio nEmployee
objChildCreatio nEmployee.Text= Request.Form("e mployee")

Response.Write (" on ")

Set objChildCreatio n2Date = objDom.createEl ement("date")
objChildCreatio n.appendChild objChildCreatio n2Date
objChildCreatio n2Date.Text = Request.Form("s econddate")

Any help would be appreciated,

TIA

W.

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Re: ASP and XML problem

w@m wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use ASP to write XML documents form input from a HTML
> form. I have to write some tags like this:
>
>
> <creation audience="inter nal">Written in
> <date>[input from form: yyyy]</date>by using guideline
> <title>[input from form]</title>and reviewed by
> <employee>[input from form]</employee>on
> <date>[input from form: mm/dd/yy]</date>
> </creation>
>
> It's the standard text that has to go between the tags (from the
> second one onwards) that's giving me a headache.
> I've tried to solve this by the following code, but the
> 'Response.Write 's' won't do the trick:
>[/color]
You need to use either the CreateNode method -

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/xmlsdk/html/5bba501f-65c9-4d30-a555-afb325a6fc84.asp

or, more simply, the createTextNode method -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...971eb664fe.asp[color=blue]
>
> Set objChildCreatio n = objDom.createEl ement("creation ")
> objChildReviewd esc.appendChild objChildCreatio n
> objChildCreatio n.setAttributeN ode objattCreationA udience
> objattCreationA udience.Text="i nternal"[/color]

setAttribute is simpler -

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/xmlsdk/html/1defea0d-6b6e-48da-80b6-3a75a49123bb.asp

objChildCreatio n.setAttribute "audience", "internal"
[color=blue]
> objChildCreatio n.Text = "Written in"
>
> Set objChildCreatio n1Date = objDom.createEl ement("date")
> objChildCreatio n.appendChild objChildCreatio n1Date
> objChildCreatio n1Date.Text = Request.Form("f irstdate")[/color]

You really should validate user inputs ...
[color=blue]
>
> Response.Write (" by using guideline ")[/color]

Set objTextNode = objDom.createTe xtNode(" by using guideline ")
objChildCreatio n.appendChild objTextNode

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[w@m]

Re: ASP and XML problem

Hi Bob,

Thanks a lot, that works just fine; also thanks for pointing me at a more
efficient way of dealing with attributes; but what do you mean by "you
really should validate user inputs"?

In addition to this: is it possible to make 'if-then-else' constructions
when generating xml documents like this? I mean: I also have to tag like
this:

<langusage>Th is finding aid is in
<language langcode="dut" scriptcode="lat n">Dutch</language>
</langusage>

At the moment I use three comboboxes on the input form to generate the two
attribute values and the tag value itself, but off course it would be much
easier to just ask for the language (Dutch or English or French) and
depending on this user input fill the values of the attributes accordingly.

Again: thanks in advance for any assistence,

W.


"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <reb01501@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> schreef in bericht
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> w@m wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use ASP to write XML documents form input from a HTML
>> form. I have to write some tags like this:
>>
>>
>> <creation audience="inter nal">Written in
>> <date>[input from form: yyyy]</date>by using guideline
>> <title>[input from form]</title>and reviewed by
>> <employee>[input from form]</employee>on
>> <date>[input from form: mm/dd/yy]</date>
>> </creation>
>>
>> It's the standard text that has to go between the tags (from the
>> second one onwards) that's giving me a headache.
>> I've tried to solve this by the following code, but the
>> 'Response.Write 's' won't do the trick:
>>[/color]
> You need to use either the CreateNode method -
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...b325a6fc84.asp
> or, more simply, the createTextNode method -
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...971eb664fe.asp[color=green]
>>
>> Set objChildCreatio n = objDom.createEl ement("creation ")
>> objChildReviewd esc.appendChild objChildCreatio n
>> objChildCreatio n.setAttributeN ode objattCreationA udience
>> objattCreationA udience.Text="i nternal"[/color]
>
> setAttribute is simpler -
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...75a49123bb.asp
>
> objChildCreatio n.setAttribute "audience", "internal"
>[color=green]
>> objChildCreatio n.Text = "Written in"
>>
>> Set objChildCreatio n1Date = objDom.createEl ement("date")
>> objChildCreatio n.appendChild objChildCreatio n1Date
>> objChildCreatio n1Date.Text = Request.Form("f irstdate")[/color]
>
> You really should validate user inputs ...
>[color=green]
>>
>> Response.Write (" by using guideline ")[/color]
>
> Set objTextNode = objDom.createTe xtNode(" by using guideline ")
> objChildCreatio n.appendChild objTextNode
>
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>[/color]

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Re: ASP and XML problem

w@m wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi Bob,
>
> Thanks a lot, that works just fine; also thanks for pointing me at a
> more efficient way of dealing with attributes; but what do you mean by
> "you
> really should validate user inputs"?[/color]

Never trust user inputs. Hackers love sites where no server-side validation
of inputs is done. Never assume that client-side validation was even done.
Never assume that your form controls were even used.

You should make sure the inputs contain what they are supposed to contain,
and only what they are supposed to contain.
[color=blue]
>
> In addition to this: is it possible to make 'if-then-else'
> constructions when generating xml documents like this? I mean: I also have
> to tag
> like this:
>
> <langusage>Th is finding aid is in
> <language langcode="dut" scriptcode="lat n">Dutch</language>
> </langusage>
>
> At the moment I use three comboboxes on the input form to generate
> the two attribute values and the tag value itself, but off course it would
> be
> much easier to just ask for the language (Dutch or English or French) and
> depending on this user input fill the values of the attributes
> accordingly.[/color]

Of course. Why wouldn't it be possible? However, this sounds like a good
place for an array, rather than if ... else:


<select name="lang">
<option value=0>Dutch
<option value=1>English
<option value=2>French
</select>


<%
dim arLang(2,2)
arLang(0,0)="du t"
arLang(1,0)="la tn"
arLang(2,0)="Du tch"
dim arLang(2,2)
arLang(0,1)="en g"
arLang(1,1)="la tn"
arLang(2,1)="En glish"
dim arLang(2,2)
arLang(0,2)="fr e"
arLang(1,2)="la tn"
arLang(2,2)="Fr ench"

dim lang
lang=cint(reque st.form("lang") )
....

objLangNode.set Attribute "langcode".arLa ng(0,lang)
objLangNode.set Attribute "scriptcode".ar Lang(1,lang)
objLangNode.Tex t=arLang(2,lang )



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[w@m]

Re: ASP and XML problem

Hi Bob,

I tried this, but it returns an error: arLang is defined more than once.

Regards,

W.

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> w@m wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Thanks a lot, that works just fine; also thanks for pointing me at a
>> more efficient way of dealing with attributes; but what do you mean by
>> "you
>> really should validate user inputs"?[/color]
>
> Never trust user inputs. Hackers love sites where no server-side
> validation of inputs is done. Never assume that client-side validation was
> even done. Never assume that your form controls were even used.
>
> You should make sure the inputs contain what they are supposed to contain,
> and only what they are supposed to contain.
>[color=green]
>>
>> In addition to this: is it possible to make 'if-then-else'
>> constructions when generating xml documents like this? I mean: I also
>> have to tag
>> like this:
>>
>> <langusage>Th is finding aid is in
>> <language langcode="dut" scriptcode="lat n">Dutch</language>
>> </langusage>
>>
>> At the moment I use three comboboxes on the input form to generate
>> the two attribute values and the tag value itself, but off course it
>> would be
>> much easier to just ask for the language (Dutch or English or French) and
>> depending on this user input fill the values of the attributes
>> accordingly.[/color]
>
> Of course. Why wouldn't it be possible? However, this sounds like a good
> place for an array, rather than if ... else:
>
>
> <select name="lang">
> <option value=0>Dutch
> <option value=1>English
> <option value=2>French
> </select>
>
>
> <%
> dim arLang(2,2)
> arLang(0,0)="du t"
> arLang(1,0)="la tn"
> arLang(2,0)="Du tch"
> dim arLang(2,2)
> arLang(0,1)="en g"
> arLang(1,1)="la tn"
> arLang(2,1)="En glish"
> dim arLang(2,2)
> arLang(0,2)="fr e"
> arLang(1,2)="la tn"
> arLang(2,2)="Fr ench"
>
> dim lang
> lang=cint(reque st.form("lang") )
> ...
>
> objLangNode.set Attribute "langcode".arLa ng(0,lang)
> objLangNode.set Attribute "scriptcode".ar Lang(1,lang)
> objLangNode.Tex t=arLang(2,lang )
>
>
>
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[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Re: ASP and XML problem

w@m wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi Bob,
>
> I tried this, but it returns an error: arLang is defined more than
> once.
>[/color]

Yep. I goofed. Get rid of the second "dim arlang(2,2)" statement. I was
doing some copying and pasting for this and objviously copied one line
too many ...

[color=blue][color=green]
>> <%
>> dim arLang(2,2)
>> arLang(0,0)="du t"
>> arLang(1,0)="la tn"
>> arLang(2,0)="Du tch"
>> dim arLang(2,2)
>> arLang(0,1)="en g"
>> arLang(1,1)="la tn"
>> arLang(2,1)="En glish"
>> dim arLang(2,2) <<<-------------delete this!
>> arLang(0,2)="fr e"
>> arLang(1,2)="la tn"
>> arLang(2,2)="Fr ench"
>>
>> dim lang
>> lang=cint(reque st.form("lang") )
>> ...
>>
>> objLangNode.set Attribute "langcode".arLa ng(0,lang)
>> objLangNode.set Attribute "scriptcode".ar Lang(1,lang)
>> objLangNode.Tex t=arLang(2,lang )
>>
>>
>>
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[w@m]

Re: ASP and XML problem

Hi Bob,

Sorry, but that doesn't work either, so I decided to give an
if..then..else-construction a try and that works fine.

Regards,

W.

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> w@m wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I tried this, but it returns an error: arLang is defined more than
>> once.
>>[/color]
>
> Yep. I goofed. Get rid of the second "dim arlang(2,2)" statement. I was
> doing some copying and pasting for this and objviously copied one line
> too many ...
>
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> <%
>>> dim arLang(2,2)
>>> arLang(0,0)="du t"
>>> arLang(1,0)="la tn"
>>> arLang(2,0)="Du tch"
>>> dim arLang(2,2)
>>> arLang(0,1)="en g"
>>> arLang(1,1)="la tn"
>>> arLang(2,1)="En glish"
>>> dim arLang(2,2) <<<-------------delete this!
>>> arLang(0,2)="fr e"
>>> arLang(1,2)="la tn"
>>> arLang(2,2)="Fr ench"
>>>
>>> dim lang
>>> lang=cint(reque st.form("lang") )
>>> ...
>>>
>>> objLangNode.set Attribute "langcode".arLa ng(0,lang)
>>> objLangNode.set Attribute "scriptcode".ar Lang(1,lang)
>>> objLangNode.Tex t=arLang(2,lang )
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>[/color]

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Re: ASP and XML problem

w@m wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi Bob,
>
> Sorry, but that doesn't work either,[/color]

What was the symptom?? "doesn't work" doesn't work.
[color=blue]
> so I decided to give an
> if..then..else-construction a try and that works fine.
>[/color]
It's your app ...

I just spotted another problem. I mistakenly typed periods where i
should have typed commas:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> objLangNode.set Attribute "langcode".arLa ng(0,lang)
>> objLangNode.set Attribute "scriptcode".ar Lang(1,lang)[/color][/color]

should be

objLangNode.set Attribute "langcode",arLa ng(0,lang)
objLangNode.set Attribute "scriptcode",ar Lang(1,lang)



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