[AccessD] Access Application - RSS Feeds - "The Rest of the Story"
Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue Sep 29 18:09:40 CDT 2015
It's just another way of pushing and pulling data over a WAN.
On 29 Sep 2015 at 18:16, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> I'm growing way too old way too quickly, so please forgive my failures
> to comprehend the bleeding edge. That said, why would I want to bleed
> an RSS feed? I just don't get it. I can read the bleed anytime I want,
> so why save it locally? Or am I missing something here -- not for the
> first time -- as I wrote, the years are catching up on me, and at age
> almost 68 the evidence is paramount. Memory is fading, to be sure; but
> I still walk/run several clicks per day, so I'm not dead yet, and I'm
> trying to stay abreast of this thread, although the chemo is tiresome
> to say the least.
>
> A.
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Stuart McLachlan
> <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
>
> > OK, if you are not trying to implement a solution, just getting
> > familiar with RSS feed concepts:
> >
> > How are you on XML?
> >
> > Here is a simple RSS primer:
> >
> > https://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/
> > (Note the "Choosing Content for your Feeds" and
> >
> > Here's a sample VBA function which grabs an XML document from a
> > wbesite and puts it's data into a table. The XML document could
> > just as easily be a RSS feed.
> >
> > Function GetBounces(sDate As Date, eDate As Date) As Long
> > Dim oHTTP As Object
> > Dim lngresult As Long
> > Dim strPage As String
> > Dim strParam As String
> > Dim strTmpFile As String
> > strTmpFile = CurrentProject.Path & "\tmpXMLData.xml"
> > strParam =
> > "https://api.example.com/api/bounces.get.xml?api_user=" &
> > strLoginName _
> > & "&api_key=" & strPW & "&start_date=" &
> > Format(sDate,
> > "yyyy-mm-dd") _
> > & "&end_date=" & Format(eDate, "yyyy-mm-dd")
> > Set oHTTP = CreateObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
> > lngresult = oHTTP.Open("GET", strParam, False)
> > lngresult = oHTTP.Send("")
> > strPage = oHTTP.Responsetext
> > If InStr(strPage, "<bounce>") > 0 Then 'There is data!
> > Open strTmpFile For Output As #1
> > Print #1, strPage
> > Close #1
> > Application.ImportXML strTmpFile, acStructureAndData
> > Else
> > MsgBox strPage
> > End If
> > Set oHTTP = Nothing
> > End Function
> >
> >
> > I can also let you have VBA samples of generating HTML pages and
> > uploading them to a web/RSS server if you need more, but it's a
> > fairly simple case of printing the appropriate strings to a file and
> > then uploading that file via FTP.
> >
> > --
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> > On 29 Sep 2015 at 17:59, Brad Marks wrote:
> >
> > > Darryl and Stuart,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the advice.
> > >
> > > I should have explained the rest of the story.
> > >
> > > I work for a small firm (50 employees) which manufactures and
> > > sells employee recognition products.
> > >
> > > Recently, one of our sales reps landed a very large new account.
> > > This new customer has 20,000 employees.
> > >
> > > In the contract with this new account, there are a number of
> > > technical details spelled out. These details include the exchange
> > > of information via RSS feeds.
> > >
> > > Because of the size of this new account, there is some thought
> > > that we will need to play by their rules or risk losing their
> > > business.
> > >
> > > Therefore, I need to get up to speed with RSS feeds as soon as
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
> > > Behalf Of Darryl Collins Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 6:57 PM
> > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re:
> > > [AccessD] Access Application - RSS Feeds
> > >
> > > "It doesn't really make a lot of sense to just stipulate a
> > > methodology rather than a use case."
> > >
> > > Stuart has a great point here. This is often the case of "Have
> > > Hammer, ergo - problem must be a nail." Would certainly be worth
> > > asking what it is they are trying to achieve and why they think an
> > > RSS feed is the best way to achieve that. It might be so, but
> > > there may also be a much easier and better option available as
> > > well that they are not aware of (or haven't considered).
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Darryl
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
> > > Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Tuesday, 29 September 2015 9:03
> > > AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject:
> > > Re: [AccessD] Access Application - RSS Feeds
> > >
> > > It's a web technology which supplies XML formatted text files
> > > usually to a user's browser at predetermined intervals when they
> > > have the browser open. However, since it is an on-demand XML
> > > file, you can access it in a variety of ways. There are previous
> > > threads here where Darren Dick and I have done this directly in
> > > Access. So you could add something to the application to
> > > periodically poll a server and get new data.
> > >
> > >
> > > You will need a web server and a way to get the appropriate data
> > > into XML format on the server (Your can use VBA to export data as
> > > XML).
> > >
> > > Don't know about the customer sending data via RSS - they would
> > > need to upload the data to their own RSS enabled web server which
> > > you would then need to poll periodically and parse the returned
> > > XML.
> > >
> > > Do you know why/how the customer wants to use the RSS feeds? It
> > > doesn't really make a lot of sense to just stipulate a methodology
> > > rather than a use case.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Stuart
> > >
> > > On 28 Sep 2015 at 21:44, Brad Marks wrote:
> > >
> > > > All,
> > > >
> > > > We have a key application that was built with Access 2007.
> > > >
> > > > Recently, a large customer has asked us to both send and receive
> > > > information via RSS feeds.
> > > >
> > > > I have very little experience in this realm.
> > > >
> > > > I am curious if others have used RSS feeds in Access
> > > > applications.
> > > >
> > > > Is anyone aware of good information on the web on how to use RSS
> > > > feeds with Access?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Brad
> > > >
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