Yep, I've tried it and I use it. Yep, the place that I found all info at is located at http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/googlemaps/index.htm
I'm not going to go tit for tat with you, but I've been in this business quite a long time and one thing that I've learned is that there are a lot of different ways to accomplish the same thing. In other words, there is no right nor wrong way to develop software and to insinuate that only your way is "the way" is beyond belief <grin> As for my financial situation, I currently work at 3 jobs, some paid and some unpaid. I too used to be an arrogant sob making 67.50 per hour as an contractor working 60 plus hour weeks until the work went overseas and I couldn't find anymore. It has humbled me a bit. Lets hope that it doesn't happen to you. Virgil Bierschwale http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Kalweit Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:38 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: VFP to XML > As for this not working, have you tried it ? > I'm sure that you will find that it creates the xml file that google map > needs exactly and with minor modification, it will create other xml files. Have **you** tried it? The code you posted creates <marker></marker> elements with text inside it, instead of the xml attributes that Google Maps(and generally XML-enabled applications) utilize. No, I haven't loaded this into Google Maps itself(I don't have your data source to test if I chose to waste my time doing so), but if it works, it's a bug/undocumented 'feature' in Google Maps and you can't expect it to keep working. > I just believe in learning from others mistakes instead of trying to > reinvent the wheel every time. Writing a text file like this is not the generally-accepted best way to write XML files, generally. The more accepted way is a DOM-based XML parser, such as MSXML. Occasionally writing to the text file directly such as you do is useful if you have very large files, but IMO, those aren't a good candidate for xml in the first place. Not all XML files are as primitive as the one you have-- many are multiple levels deep. I'm sorry to hear about your financial woes. Possibly it would be smarter for your financial situation to find a job(any job) to pay some bills instead of doing websites for non-profits, etc.? -- Derek [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
