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  • Norman Chong
    #1

    Getting XML Version

    Hi,

    I want to get my MSXML version from a vb.net program. I do it with the
    following piece of code, but I'm not very happy with that:

    Dim Version as String = "4.0"
    oXML = CreateObject("M sxml2.DOMDocume nt.4.0") 'Need version 4.
    If oXML Is Nothing Then 'Check the existing version
    oXML = CreateObject("M SXML2.DOMDocume nt.3.0")
    Version = "3.0"
    If oXML Is Nothing Then
    oXML = CreateObject("M SXML2.DOMDocume nt.2.6")
    Version = "2.6"
    If oXML Is Nothing Then
    oXML = CreateObject("M SXML2.DOMDocume nt")
    Version = "2.0"
    If oXML Is Nothing Then
    Version = "Not detected"
    End If
    End If
    End If
    End If

    Does anybody know a more elegant way to do this?

    Thanks,
    Norman

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    • Martin Honnen
      #2
      Re: Getting XML Version

      Norman Chong wrote:
      I want to get my MSXML version from a vb.net program.
      The .NET framework has its own classes/implementations for XML parsing,
      XSLT, XPath, DOM, schema validation, you should not use MSXML from .NET.
      I do it with the
      following piece of code, but I'm not very happy with that:
      >
      Dim Version as String = "4.0"
      oXML = CreateObject("M sxml2.DOMDocume nt.4.0") 'Need version 4.
      If oXML Is Nothing Then 'Check the existing version
      oXML = CreateObject("M SXML2.DOMDocume nt.3.0")
      Version = "3.0"
      If oXML Is Nothing Then
      oXML = CreateObject("M SXML2.DOMDocume nt.2.6")
      Version = "2.6"
      If oXML Is Nothing Then
      oXML = CreateObject("M SXML2.DOMDocume nt")
      Version = "2.0"
      If oXML Is Nothing Then
      Version = "Not detected"
      End If
      End If
      End If
      End If
      >
      Does anybody know a more elegant way to do this?
      It is not clear what you want to achieve, the latest version of MSXML is
      MSXML 6 for instance. And MSXML 3, 4, 5, 6 can all coexist on the same
      system. The programming id MSXML2.DOMDocum ent can be bound to MSXML 3
      depending on the installation, with the normal IE 6 installation it is
      bound to MSXML 3.

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      Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
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        • Norman Chong
          #3
          Re: Getting XML Version


          Martin Honnen schrieb:
          >
          It is not clear what you want to achieve, the latest version of MSXML is
          MSXML 6 for instance. And MSXML 3, 4, 5, 6 can all coexist on the same
          system. The programming id MSXML2.DOMDocum ent can be bound to MSXML 3
          depending on the installation, with the normal IE 6 installation it is
          bound to MSXML 3.
          >
          Sorry if it was unclear what I want to do - I try it again ;-)
          The program should check, if there is MSXML 4.0 installed (it has to do
          this for another application, which needs 4.0 - That's why I started
          with 4.0 in my code), if not it should get the next lower version which
          is installed and show it within a MessageBox.

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