RE: [GD-General] XML parsers (was: A portable preferences library)

[Ivan-Assen I. <as...@ha...>]

> Once all this is in place, it is our intent to replace the
> XML editors with an editing tool specific to the language,
> which then removes the need for the validation. At which
> time we will replace Xerces with a home-grown parser.
> 
> So far it has worked out extremely well - much better than
> I had anticipated.

By the way, we have very good initial impressions from using
InfoPath (the new member of the Microsoft Office suite) as a
custom editor for XML files. It lets you very easily create a
designer-friendly interface, and add validation against a schema,
or even custom validation rules via JScript. It's perfect for
things that require nothing more than standard UI widgets,
like conversations.

If you have a significant amount of structured data that is not
graphical in your game data, and you think you spend far too much
time on writing UI code, definitely check it out.