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Clackersmith
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2005 11:17 Edited at: 3rd Sep 2005 11:20
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Just wondering what ascii is and what it is used for.

Also dose anyone know what XML is used for
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Sergey K
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2005 12:43
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not sure..
XML(Extensible Markup Language) is a simplest version of SGML(Standard Generalized Markup Language) where u can design HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language) pages..


ascii: American Standard Code for Information Interchange (not sure)


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Tinkergirl
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XML is used a fair bit for making 'human readable' files with information used in other programs. For example - they might be used in a database for keeping information about other files, objects, stats etc. Other structures would be smaller, but reading an XML file can at least give you an idea what it's about.

It's related to HTML, and I was looking at the DLL tools available in the forums that when making your DLL, include XML which can be later used to make HTML help files automatically.

(I'm no expert though )
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The Cage Complex
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2005 18:37
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So I return to ASCII for a full answer to Clackersmith's question.

As you'd have noticed ASCII & XML are totally differents.

ASCII is "just" a character table giving each sign a value.
e.g; character "a" = 97 ; "Z" = 90

You can display ASCII chars (for example to access specific language chars like ù é à) by holding the left Alt key while typing its value on the numerical keys.
(© = ALT+184, ...)

Using DB
print chr$(97) will display "a"
print asc("a") will display "97"

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CodemanV
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Here's a good web page that explains ASCII
http://www.asciitable.com
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Phaelax
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I've been considering making an XML parser for DB.

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the_winch
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Bulleyes has already made an xml dll.
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=23923&b=5
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Clackersmith
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That .dll might be able to do what I am after but I just keep geting errors when I try to load up my XML file and I dont understand what the errors mean.

Can someone who knows what there doing take a quick look at it for me just in case It is somthing small that needs changing.

Thanks
Clacker

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Clackersmith
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Posted: 4th Sep 2005 15:21 Edited at: 4th Sep 2005 16:25
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If anyone can take the to files in this zip file and load them in to dark basic as objects then that will solve one of my bigest problems stoping me from making my game.


One file is a XML and the other a ascii file.

Thanks Clacker

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Clackersmith
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How did you go? Any luck
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