Hello World XML

The Hello World XML application is a mini-sample that in a simplified way demonstrates the technologies that work together to create a Web interface and a localized data presentation on the fly. The technologies and languages this sample uses — ASP, XML, XSL, JavaScript, VBScript, and CSS — are the technologies the Performance Tracking (PT) application, featured in Scenario 3, implements in a more complex and extensive way. The Hello World XML application shows a user interface with three buttons: English, German, and Japanese. When you click a button, the phrase "Hello World" appears in the selected language and the ToolTip text on the phrase is also translated.

The Hello World XML code shows you how to:

• Copy and merge the content of two XML files (arena.xml and lingo.xml) into one XML file using the XML DOM (getXML subroutine).
• Transform the data by applying an XSL file (result.xsl).
• Link a cascading style sheet (CSS) and apply the CSS definitions to XSL elements that affect the appearance of the user interface (result.xsl and result.css).
• Translate Unicode and non-Unicode strings (Decode functions).