Cannot display local XML files in emulator

Using IE in the Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator, I can view XML files over the Web (i.e. via a URL) but not local XML files (i.e. file:\\...) that are on the device's storage card (i.e. a folder on the host machine).

Is this a limitation of the emulator, are local XML files displayed properly in actual devices, or I am doing some wrong



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Cannot display local XML files in emulator

  • Bruno Kovačić

    ya.

    I mean to say tht emulator doesnot display the contents of the xml file. u can check ur xml file on the development device by transfering it on the desktop. u can manipulate contents of the xml files progrmmatically on emulator. if u can c ur file properly on the desktop then ur xml file is absolutely fine.


  • vbjunkie

    But IE on the real device does display the local XML files, right (my problem isn't manipulating XML files, but whether the Web Browser component in my app will be able to display the contents of XML files -- because that's what my app does, it converts Fast Infoset files to XML on the fly and displays the XML file to the user)

  • Zeldacat

    Nothing. IE is totally blank when I attempt to view a local XML file. Same applies to the WebBrowser component in Visual Studio 2005. When I try viewing an XML file via a URL, both display it fine.

  • Ofir Epstein

    u just try to transfer it to the pc through folder sharing and see whether u getting the contents on the pc if u r getting then its not a problem coz i also faced the same prob, but it worked properly when i used it in my app.


  • Juan64

    Sorry for my delayed response...

    So you mean that the Web Browser component (or IE itself) didn't display local files (located either in the Storage Card through folder sharing or in folders within the emulator) but did display them properly in actual devices

  • mclagett

    what exactly are you seeing when they are not displayed properly

  • Oscar Marin

    ya, u can c the xml files on the device. its possible, u just try on the real device.


  • BTJ

    Thank you, you've been great help, I appreciate it! :-)

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