MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Tue Aug 16 19:10:28 CDT 2005
Nope that is it, all there is in the one xml element, no dancing hamsters
This site will give you a better idea but more html code needed
Click on
Drop Downs & Form Handling <javascript: toggleDiv('div_dropdowns')>
then click states states
http://www.clearnova.com/ajax/index.html
Jim Lawrence wrote:
>Hi Marty:
>
>Just a note the Server page update sample.
>
>It initially shows the following line: This is some sample data. It is the
>default data for this web page. View XML data.
>
>.. and when clicking on the link: View XML data
>
>.. the line then displays: This is some sample data. It is stored in an XML
>file and retrieved by JavaScript.
>
>.. and that is all. Is there supposed to be more displayed?
>
>Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of MartyConnelly
>Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:50 PM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: [AccessD] Ajax and Atlas with XML
>
>If looking for xml info starter sites.
>
>http://www.xml.org
>http://www.xml.com
>A vb oriented site was once vbxml.com
>http://www.topxml.com
>
>Try to buy XML books published in last 3 years otherwise
>you wont get latest in XSLT and XQuery. Old books maybe based on old
>XSL patterns
>which might prove confusing.
>
>
>Now here is the latest buzz in XML development with AJAX.
>
>In computer programming, AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a
>method of building interactive applications for the Web that process
>user requests immediately.Ajax allows content on Web pages to update
>immediately when a user performs an action, unlike an HTTP request,
>during which users must wait for a whole new page to load. For example,
>a weather forecasting site could display local conditions on one side of
>the page without delay after a user types in a zip code.
>Google Map works this way. ATLAS is a downloadable javascript engine
>Microsoft is supposed to bring out in September at some convention.
>
>How difficult is this stuff well it is not rocket science. But an
>amalgam of 4 or 5 techniques. Ajax combines several programming tools
>including JavaScript, dynamic HTML (DHTML), Extensible Markup Language
>(XML), cascading style sheets (CSS), the Document Object Model (DOM),
>and the Microsoft object, XMLHttpRequest. After that you can use Web
>Services to grab the xml data. You could modify javascript to VBA too
>for use in Access.
>
>Some sites where you can grab javascript source and examples of Ajax or
>download them
>
>http://www.clearnova.com/ajax/index.html
>http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/XMLHttpRequestExample/example
>.html
>
>Articles
>Dynamic HTML and xmlhttpRequest object
>http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/xmlhttpreq.html
>
>Jesse Garrett What is Ajax? (The guy that gave it the name)
>http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php
>
>
>Here is a elementary ajax sample just place the two files on your web
>server and run with java script enabled
>through your favourite browser.
>
>You can also run from hard disk directly in Netscape 7.0 but IE locally
>has security stops and uses file: protocol and not http: protocol so
>wont run correctly
>without a lot of fiddling with settings. Rather than use a object;
>might use document.innerhtml to get around for local use.
>
>On my server these two files
>http://www5.brinkster.com/mconnelly/ajax/ajax.html
>
>Save this file as UTF-8 not ANSI ajax.html
>
><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
><html lang="en" dir="ltr">
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
> <title>Developing Web Applications with Ajax - Example</title>
><script type="text/javascript"><!--
>function ajaxRead(file){
> var xmlObj = null;
> if(window.XMLHttpRequest){
> xmlObj = new XMLHttpRequest();
> } else if(window.ActiveXObject){
> xmlObj = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
> } else {
> return;
> }
> xmlObj.onreadystatechange = function(){
> if(xmlObj.readyState == 4){
> updateObj('xmlObj',
>xmlObj.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('data')[0].firstChild.data);
> }
> }
> xmlObj.open ('GET', file, true);
> xmlObj.send ('');
> }
> function updateObj(obj, data){
> document.getElementById(obj).firstChild.data = data;
> }
> //--></script>
> </head>
> <body>
> <h1>Developing Web Applications with Ajax</h1>
> <p>This page demonstrates the use of Asynchronous Javascript and XML
>(Ajax) technology to
> update a web page's content by reading from a remote file
>dynamically -- no page reloading
> is required. Note that this operation does not work for users
>without JavaScript enabled.</p>
> <p id="xmlObj">
> This is some sample data. It is the default data for this web page.
><a href="data.xml"
> title="View the XML data." onclick="ajaxRead('data.xml');
>this.style.display='none'; return false">View XML data.</a>
> </p>
> </body>
></html>
>
>
> Save this file below as UTF-8 data.xml
>
><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
><root>
> <data>
> This is some sample data. It is stored in an XML file and retrieved
>by JavaScript.
> </data>
></root>
>
>
>
>
>Gustav Brock wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Bryan
>>
>>So no job? Or wife?? Is that what you are trying to tell?
>>On the other hand (for the job option, cannot tell for the wife
>>option), with your knowledge I would expect it to be easy for you to
>>find some "new challenges" except, of course, if things are a little
>>more complicated than they may appear to be ...
>>
>>Currently I'm facing some XML work. Haven't done anything with this and
>>Access and hardly know where to look except browsing this list ...
>>So an XML cookbook or guide is a suggestion.
>>
>>/gustav
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>carbonnb at sympatico.ca 08/16 3:45 am >>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>I have found myself in a situation that gives me an inordinate amount
>>of free time and I'm looking for some ideas to fill my time.
>>
>>I am thinking of something that would make development easier or a
>>specifc app that would greatly help developers. I need something to
>>keep my mind active and fingers busy :)
>>
>>It can be anything from Access to Word to Excel (Office 2K), even VB
>>6.
>>
>>I'm open to any and all suggestion. And If I can learn something new,
>>that would be even better.
>>
>>Let the flood gates open :-)
>>
>>
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--
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada