show the xml or html response on the page 1

[ozane]

hi,
i am connecting to a server and getting the query result via asp.net. result can be in XML or HTML format, and prepared on the server side. when i get the result file i want see the details on the page. coudnt manage showing the content on the page appropriately. it must be very easy if i use response.write it is not giving me the right solution. the code... here...

Dim conn As Zoom.Net.IConnection = Zoom.Net.IConnectionFactory.Create(zhostip, zport)
conn.DatabaseName = dbName
conn.Syntax = Zoom.Net.RecordSyntax.SUTRS
conn.Options.Item("elementSetName") = "F"

Dim query As Zoom.Net.IPrefixQuery = Zoom.Net.IPrefixQueryFactory.Create(zQuery)
Dim rs As Zoom.Net.IResultSet = conn.Search(query)
Dim rec As Zoom.Net.IRecord = rs.Item(zMetaNo)
Dim content As String = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(rec.Content)

and want to see content on the page as xml or html...

thanks...

 

[ca8msm]

Have you tried writing the content out to a Literal control?


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[ozane]

how should i do that, if you mean just adding a literal control and change the text with "content" i did. i want to see raw xml or html.
"literal" and "response.write" is giving me just texts...

 

[ca8msm]

Sorry, I thought you meant you wanted to render the HTML/XML.

How about a Textbox then?



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[ozane]

thanks...
yep textbox is giving right tree view but it is a text box... i mean i want to see the content as it can be seen in the explorer view, colourfull etc.. for xml and html responses i can create different views but first i should find the right way to see xml or html...

 

[ca8msm]

There isn't a default ASP.NET control that will show your HTML or XML with "colourfull" tags. You will have to do this yourself (you could extend an existing control) or search for a control that someone may already have written.


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[ozane]

one way is to write it to a file and read from file, but it is not a good way, i think...
ok thanks

 

[ca8msm]

How will writing the content to a file and then reading it keep the formatting that a particular application applies?


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[ozane]

content of "content" is xml or can be html.
so if write it in to a xml file or.. i can read it from the file...
but that is not what i want to use. i did it before for xml files.

 

[ca8msm]

But how will writing xml (for example) to an xml file apply any formatting such as colouring to nodes? That formatting is only applied once you open it in a particular application - it is not applied to the file.


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[ozane]

yep i am not appliying it to the file.
i think there is confusions, so i couldnt explain my problem clearly.

i am not going to color the xml "file". IE will do it for me. it is raw xml... (ok forget about html content.)
when you open a xml file with IE you see the tags arranged. thats what i want to see on my page for the "content" string in my code, which is sent by server.
i load and see like that when i use file. but it is not a file now.

as you can understand i am not an programming expert, my explanations may be confusing.

 

[ca8msm]

OK, I think I see what you want. Something like the following if I'm correct:

Remove all the HTML from a webpage (so you only have your "<%@ Page" declaration. Then add the following to your code behind section:

    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'Put user code to initialize the page here
        Dim strXML As String = "<parent><node1>Test 1</node1><node2>Test 2</node2></parent>"
        Response.ContentType = "text/xml"
        Response.Write(strXML)
    End Sub

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[ozane]

well done...
thanks