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{mainresponder.discuss.cowskulllink ("Microsoft: IXmlHttpRequest appears to be the link that will allow JavaScript or VBScript code running in MSIE to make XML-RPC requests. Brent is working on a demo.", 2645)} It works! Brent has MSIE sending an XML-RPC message to our server, getting back and displaying the result. Thanks to Alex Hopmann at Microsoft for helping us with this. News.com: Microsoft missing the portal boat? "Microsoft must perform a precarious balancing act between its Web properties and desktop applications. But many observers believe that in fearing the cannibalization of its desktop software, the company may have missed a huge opportunity on the Web to promote these same applications." Bingo! They can have their cake and eat it too. Support an XML-RPC interface for the desktop apps, so users can edit the data stored on the server and then save it back to the server for access thru the web. Press Release: The Motley Fool chooses Object Design for content management. TidBITs: Driving the 4.5 Web Browsers. MacInTouch: The continuing saga of a user trying to get ADSL service from Bell Atlantic for a Macintosh. MSNBC: MS exec admits demo tape is wrong.
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