XML parsing & writing: what software?

[GreenGhost]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of using xml for input/output files of a numerical modeling program, but I have no experience w/ it (just read the basic tutorial). Any suggestions of what software to use? I will have to read and write files from a C/C++ program (I use Visual Studio 6). Does MS provide any functionality? Is it any good? Anything new in .Net (I don't have it but I could get it)? If there's something non-MS that would work also under Linux, I'd prefer it. I must find something that's easy to use, as I don't want to spend time composing strings and such.

Thanks for any pointer...

GreenGhost

 

[Armitage]

Take a look at http://freshmeat.net/
I bet you'll find alot of stuff.

Another suggestion - learn to read & write to a database. I use MySQL. That has revolutionized the way I work with data. I used to spend a huge amount of time writing scripts & programs just to parse, analyze & interpret the output of my models & simulations (which can be in the hundreds of MB or greater). Having the output in a database has made that enormously easier and the output better. Plus it's easy to write simple web pages to help display the data.

 

[GreenGhost]

Thanks for link Armitage. Didn't know it, very nice. I already have part of my data in a database, which I use with GIS. I'm just reading/writing this with a C library. Now I wanted to organize GUI and model options, which are usually a collection of small items that don't fit well in a relational database.

Cheers,

 

[notfred]

Look into this is you'd prefer to stay away from Windows-only solutions

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Perhaps try TinyXML.

 

[GreenGhost]

Thank, guys!

I'll consider all suggestions. I may start with TinyXML to see if suits me. I downloaded MS stuff, but the documentation I could find is so poor I decided to look elsewhere...

 

[kamper]

xalan/xerces? The java versions are certainly top-notch.