Use Linq to XML with Flare Files (part 1)

Linq to XML is a library for XML manipulation for use with Microsoft’s Visual Basic and Visual C#. Linq to XML offers extensive functionality at the cost of limiting development to a .NET context. Microsoft posts information about Linq to XML here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb387098 The Visual Basic manifestation of the System.XML.Linq interface is particularly interesting because… Continue reading Use Linq to XML with Flare Files (part 1)

Flare and Schemas (part 1)

XSD is a schema language for XML. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition and XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition as recommendations in 2004. W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 1: Structures and W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes were… Continue reading Flare and Schemas (part 1)

Use XQuery with Flare Files

XQuery is another XML query language. XQuery uses XPath expressions, so XPath 2.0 is included with XQuery 1.0. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language as recommendation in 2007 and edited to XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (Second Edition) in 2010. The W3C recommendation is posted at: http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/… Continue reading Use XQuery with Flare Files

Use XPath with Flare Files

XPath is a node query language for XML. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 as recommendation in 1999. XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 was recommended in 2007 and edited to XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 (Second Edition) in 2010. The W3C recommendations are posted at: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/ http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/ To… Continue reading Use XPath with Flare Files

Flare Topics (part 1)

Topics in a Flare project are XML files. Here is the markup for a basic topic file in a Flare project: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <html xmlns:MadCap=”http://www.madcapsoftware.com/Schemas/MadCap.xsd”> <head> <link href=”Resources/Stylesheets/FlareAutomationBookStyles.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” /> </head> <body> <h1>Topic Title</h1> <p>Delete this text and replace it with your own content.</p> </body> </html> The first line is called the XML… Continue reading Flare Topics (part 1)