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Parse XML with xmldom

I'm using xmldom to parse an xml page.
There are the first few line of the xml doc.

xml doc:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE rss PUBLIC "-//Netscape Communications//DTD RSS 0.91//EN" "http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd">
<rss version="0.91">

My problem is when I load the xml doc, if the <!DOCTYPE > line is present like seen above I get and error (msxml3.dll error '8000000a' ) and I can read the rest of the document.

However, if I take the <!DOCTYPE > line out every thing works fine

Is there a way to delete is Line before I parse the information?
I would perfer not to replace the line because the Line might change.

chipple

You're using ASP?
I would use a regular expression to remove the DOCTYPE.

Dim xml
' Your XML text is in this variable

Dim rx
Set rx = New RegExp
rx.Pattern = "<!DOCTYPE[^>]*>"
xml = rx.Replace(xml,"")
Set rx = Nothing

' DOCTYPE line has been removed

(Code provided not tested.)

Good luck!

chipple

If you also want to get rid of the line break after the doctype line, use this pattern instead:
rx.Pattern = "<!DOCTYPE[^>]*>[" & vbCrLf & "]+"

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chipple

I tried the code and it did not work I got a code mismatch here is the code:

<%
Response.Buffer = True
Dim objXMLHTTP, xml

' Create an xmlhttp object:
Set xml = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
' Or, for version 3.0 of XMLHTTP, use:
' Set xml = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")

' Opens the connection to the remote server.
xml.Open "GET", "http://www.feedroom.com/rssout/national_rss_9a50890a7af8c2150f8bb6af03d6264a8fa88134.xml", False
' xml.Open "GET", "http://www.questentertainmentgroup.com/uploads/moreover.xmlhouston_news.xml", False

' Actually Sends the request and returns the data:
xml.Send

'Dim xml
' Your XML text is in this variable
Dim rx
Set rx = New RegExp
rx.Pattern = "<!DOCTYPE[^>]*>"
xml = rx.Replace(xml,"") '............................Type Mismatch Here................................
Set rx = Nothing
' DOCTYPE line has been removed

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Path = Server.MapPath("/uploads/")
FullPath = Path & "\Feed.xml"

Set objTF = objFSO.CreateTextFile(FullPath,True)
objTF.Write xml.ResponseText

'Display the HTML both as HTML and as text
Response.Write "<xmp>"
Response.Write xml.responseText

Set xml = Nothing
%>

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The Code above brings the xml down to local server.
The Cade below parses the xml.

Maybe I have the code in the wrong place?????????????????

<%
Dim objXML, elements, i, url, Headline, Place, tTime, title
'Set objXML = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DomDocument")
Set objXML = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXML.validateOnParse="false"
objXML.async="false"
objXML.Load (Server.MapPath("\uploads\Feed.xml"))
'objXML.Load (Server.MapPath("\uploads\moreover.xmlhouston_news.xml"))
'objXML.removeChild(pubDate)

'4) Capture of number of links
IF Request.QueryString("num")= "" Then
NumberOfLinks = 2
Else
NumberOfLinks = 15
End IF

'if there are no errors
If objXML.parseError.errorcode = 0 Then

'Set Root = objXML.documentElement
Set elements = objXML.getElementsByTagName("item")
'Set elements = objXML.getElementsByTagName("article")

For i = 1 to NumberOfLinks
'for each elem in elements
'For i = 0 to (elements.length - 25)
'For i = 0 to (elements.+4)

title = elements.item(i).childNodes(0).Text
'Headline = elements.item(i).childNodes(1).Text
'Place = elements.item(i).childNodes(2).Text
'tTime = elements.item(i).childNodes(7).Text
Response.Write("" & title & "")
'Response.Write("" & url & "")
'Response.Write("<a href=" & URL & " target=_blank >"& Headline &"</a>"&" ")
'Response.Write(Place & " "& tTime & " "& " ")
Next
Set objXML = Nothing

Else
Response.Write ("There was an error")
End If
%>

chipple

Try this. The Replace method needs text but you were giving it your XMLHTTP object.

<%
Response.Buffer = True
Dim objXMLHTTP, xml

' Create an xmlhttp object:
Set xml = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
' Or, for version 3.0 of XMLHTTP, use:
' Set xml = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")

' Opens the connection to the remote server.
xml.Open "GET", "http://www.feedroom.com/rssout/national_rss_9a50890a7af8c2150f8bb6af03d6264a8fa88134.xml", False
' xml.Open "GET", "http://www.questentertainmentgroup.com/uploads/moreover.xmlhouston_news.xml", False

' Actually Sends the request and returns the data:
xml.Send

'Dim xml
' Your XML text is in this variable
Dim rx
Set rx = New RegExp
rx.Pattern = "<!DOCTYPE[^>]*>"
xml = rx.Replace(xml.xml,"")
Set rx = Nothing
' DOCTYPE line has been removed

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Path = Server.MapPath("/uploads/")
FullPath = Path & "\Feed.xml"

Set objTF = objFSO.CreateTextFile(FullPath,True)
objTF.Write xml.ResponseText

'Display the HTML both as HTML and as text
Response.Write "<xmp>"
Response.Write xml.responseText

Set xml = Nothing
%>

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chipple

I got an object doesn't support this property or method 'xml' error
on the same line.

chipple

Sorry about that, please try xml.responseText instead of xml.xml. I was confused with something else.

<%
Response.Buffer = True
Dim objXMLHTTP, xml

' Create an xmlhttp object:
Set xml = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
' Or, for version 3.0 of XMLHTTP, use:
' Set xml = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")

' Opens the connection to the remote server.
xml.Open "GET", "http://www.feedroom.com/rssout/national_rss_9a50890a7af8c2150f8bb6af03d6264a8fa88134.xml", False
' xml.Open "GET", "http://www.questentertainmentgroup.com/uploads/moreover.xmlhouston_news.xml", False

' Actually Sends the request and returns the data:
xml.Send

'Dim xml
' Your XML text is in this variable
Dim rx
Set rx = New RegExp
rx.Pattern = "<!DOCTYPE[^>]*>"
xml = rx.Replace(xml.responseText,"")
Set rx = Nothing
' DOCTYPE line has been removed

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Path = Server.MapPath("/uploads/")
FullPath = Path & "\Feed.xml"

Set objTF = objFSO.CreateTextFile(FullPath,True)
objTF.Write xml.ResponseText

'Display the HTML both as HTML and as text
Response.Write "<xmp>"
Response.Write xml.responseText

Set xml = Nothing
%>

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Wel I would love to try the code but the server want update to the newest page. That happens from time to time I think I will add anther post for it.

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chipple

I get a blank xml document and is error below:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01a8'
Object required: 'objTF'
/uploads/maptest2.asp, line 35

on this code:
Set objTF = objFSO.CreateTextFile(FullPath,True)
objTF.Write xml.ResponseText

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Thank Chipple

That worked out great. Please check for my next post.
I want to automatically download this xml page every hour.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21121423/Automatically-download-xml-page-every-hour.html