XML Web Control

[Jason]

I have a URL to a site (outside of my domain) that returns me back xml. I
would like to use the XML Web Control to display the content on my web page.
I can do it if I save the XML data to a file on my machine and reference the
source locally.

How can I do this without saving the file to my machine first?

Thanks

 

[Philip Q [MVP]]

This is possible, but it's incredibly complicated to create the stream to
retrieve the file and load the data. It's far easier to continue with what
you are doing and save a copy of the file on your machine (it could also
increase performance if you intelligently cache the file).

 

[Jason]

How complicated could it be?

This is possible, but it's incredibly complicated to create the stream to
retrieve the file and load the data. It's far easier to continue with what
you are doing and save a copy of the file on your machine (it could also
increase performance if you intelligently cache the file).

--
Philip Q
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

I have a URL to a site (outside of my domain) that returns me back xml. I
would like to use the XML Web Control to display the content on my web
page.
I can do it if I save the XML data to a file on my machine and reference
the
source locally.

How can I do this without saving the file to my machine first?

Thanks

 

[Philip Q [MVP]]

Well, from what I can see, the Xml control's Document property can take an
XmlDocument, which you can Load with a Stream from an a WebResponse formed
by a WebRequest.

So, it'd probably look something like -

myXml.Document = (new
XmlDocument()).Load(WebRequest.Create("http://localhost/some.xml").GetResponse().GetResponseStream()));

(My syntax is probably a bit wrong).

--
Philip Q
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

How complicated could it be?

This is possible, but it's incredibly complicated to create the stream to
retrieve the file and load the data. It's far easier to continue with
what
you are doing and save a copy of the file on your machine (it could also
increase performance if you intelligently cache the file).

--
Philip Q
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

I have a URL to a site (outside of my domain) that returns me back xml.
I
would like to use the XML Web Control to display the content on my web
page.
I can do it if I save the XML data to a file on my machine and
reference
the
source locally.

How can I do this without saving the file to my machine first?

Thanks