HTML Rendering

A key component of CDO 1.2 is a set of HTML rendering objects which allow Exchange data to be converted automatically into HTML. These rendering objects are written in C and provide a much quicker method of generating HTML than could be achieved by looping through the various collections in VBScript code. In fact, using these rendering objects it is possible to render an entire page in HTML in as few as five lines of code. Because these rendering objects take advantage of the

Response
object, pages are rendered using the code page of the browser as opposed to that of the server and so will display appropriate characters in international environments. This means that developers are relieved of a significant burden when developing Web applications for international distribution.

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