(Rafe Colburn) One feature that seems to eventually creep into every web application is the ability to send email. Generally, it’s a very specific kind of email, like a password reminder, welcome message, order confirmation, or receipt. Despite the fact that the content of these emails differs from

In the XML Parsers Zone you will learn about the Microsoft MSXML XML Parser (now renamed Microsoft® XML Core Services) and how to make use of it in your applications.

(Nicholas Chase) Many developers tend to think of Web services as a way to easily move information from one place to another, but it’s important to realize how integral a Web service can be to the overall application. This tip gives some examples of using XML for Short Message Service (SMS) messages

As more and more content moves to the XML format, and as XML files get more and more complex, you’ll sometimes need to analyze these files and generate statistical information about them. This requirement is, admittedly, not common. But if you ever do find yourself facing it you’ll be happy to know

(Bob DuCharme) XSLT stylesheet developers often ask how they can leave entity references in the source document unchanged as the stylesheet passes them to the result document. For example, they want an   entity reference in the source document to still be   in the result document. The usual answ

The Fifth Annual Web Services Edge 2005 East – International Web Services Conference & Expo, to be held February 15-17, 2005 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA, announces that its Call for Papers is now open. Topics include all aspects of Web services and Service-Oriented Applications (see

(Mark Weber) In this first part of a series on voice application development, Mark Weber covers the basics of voice applications based on the VoiceXML language. He provides an overview of the Voice Toolkit for WebSphere Studio, and uses the toolkit and WebSphere Voice Server SDK to develop a VoiceXM

(Niall Ginsbourg) Speed is in the Structure. Some of you may have tried this before, and if you used something like ADO to produce your XML file from a recordset, you will find this technique very, very slow. I was put well off the scent about a year ago when I tried it myself. This is simply becaus

(Richard Lyman) In this article, the XML language is not explained at all. For a tutorial on XML, see XML Basics. I do plan on discussing certain methods of formatting your XML so that parsing in the Flash Player 5.04 is faster. Flash has always been meant to facilitate SVG, primarily for web delive

(Dennis Sosnoski) XML is a text markup format designed for clarity and ease of use, without concern for conciseness. Because of these design choices, text XML can be costly in terms of both document size and processing overhead. Part 1 of this two-part article shows you some of the issues involv