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Here is some script that can be used to determine what version of the XML Parser is installed on your computer and whether it is in Replace mode or Side-by-side.
To use this function, create an XmlVersionSniffer object, and view the properties version, replace, and versions. Like this:
<script language=javascript>
var xmlsniffer = new XmlVersionSniffer();
document.writeln(Highest Version: + xmlsniffer.version);
document.writeln(Replace Mode: + xmlsniffer.replace);
document.writeln(All Versions:);
for (var version in xmlsniffer.versions) {
document.writeln(xmlsniffer.versions[\ + version + \] ==
+ xmlsniffer.versions[version]);
}
document.writeln(<hr>Log:<br> + xmlsniffer.log);
</script>
Read the comments in the code to see how it works.
To verify the code, do the following at the command line:
xmlinst -u
regsvr32 -u msxml4.dll (xmlinst does not work on version 4)At this point, there is no parser defined, so you should get
Highest Version: unknown
Replace Mode: false
Now type the following to install the original parser in IE5.
regsvr32 msxml.dll
You should now get:
Highest Version: 2.5
Replace Mode: false
All Versions:
xmlsniffer.versions[2.5] == true
Now type the following:
regsvr32 msxml2.dll
You should now get:
Highest Version: 2.6
Replace Mode: false
All Versions:
xmlsniffer.versions[2.5] == true
xmlsniffer.versions[2.6] == true
Now type the following:
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
You should now get:
Highest Version: 3.0
Replace Mode: false
All Versions:
xmlsniffer.versions[2.5] == true
xmlsniffer.versions[2.6] == true
xmlsniffer.versions[3.0] == true
xmlsniffer.versions[3.0sp1] == true
Note: 3.0sp1 is true only if Service Pack 1 has been installed.
Now type the following:
regsvr32 msxml4.dll
You should now get:
Highest Version: 4.0
Replace Mode: false
All Versions:
xmlsniffer.versions[2.5] == true
xmlsniffer.versions[2.6] == true
xmlsniffer.versions[3.0] == true
xmlsniffer.versions[3.0sp1] == true
xmlsniffer.versions[4.0] == true
So up to this point, we have been in side-by-side mode. So lets run xmlinst. First we'll reset everything, and get to version 3
xmlinst -u
regsvr32 -u msxml4.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 msxml2.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
xmlinst
Now we should get:
Highest Version: 3.0
Replace Mode: true
...
If you had version 4 installed, don't forget to do this:
regsvr32 msxml4.dll
Ok, well that's all.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
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Michael J. Carter
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