About XML and PowerBuilder

PowerBuilder provides several features that enable you to work with the Extensible Markup Language (XML). You can:

  • Export the data in a DataWindow object to XML, and import data in an XML document or string into a DataWindow object

  • Determine whether an XML document or string is well-formed or conforms to a schema or DTD using the XMLParseFile and XMLParseString PowerScript functions

  • Build applications and components that can produce and process XML documents

For an overview of XML and information about the export and import capabilities in the DataWindow, see Exporting and Importing XML Data in Users Guide.

For information about the XML parsing functions, see the section called “XMLParseFile” in PowerScript Reference and the section called “XMLParseString” in PowerScript Reference.

This chapter describes how you can produce and process XML documents using the PowerBuilder Document Object Model.