XML Technology for OpenVMS  
April 2001

 

XML Technology C++ Installation

Follow these steps to install XML Technology C++ kit:

  1. Read the requirements and other documentation.
  2. Install Compaq C++ Version 6.2 and required operating system patches.
  3. Download the XML Technology Kit.
  4. Install the software.

1. Read the documentation

Compaq documentation for this XML for OpenVMS release consists of these HTML pages, including requirements, installation instructions, and samples.

Also available are downloadable archives of the Apache Software Foundation's XML API documentation (10-19-00 release) for the two components offered in in this release: Xerces (1-31-01) and Xalan (10-10-00).

Apache Software Foundation XML Project

2. Install current C++ and operating system software

Before you install the XML Technology Kit, make sure that your C++ environment, including ECOs, is up-to-date.

Compaq C++ Home Page

In addition to requiring Compaq C++ Version 6.2, there are two operating system patches you require.

VMS721_UPDATE-V0100 Update ECO

VMS721_ACRTL-V0200 ECO

3. Download the Kit

The Compaq XML Technology Kit for OpenVMS is available for the Alpha platform only.

Select the kit and documentation archives you want to install:

  • Selection 1 consists of the API documentation only for Xerces and Xalan from the Apache Software Foundation.
  • Selection 2 includes sources files and sample sources.
  • Selection 3 includes object libraries and C++ name databases only.
FILE SIZE PURPOSE
XMLTECH_DOC.ZIP 123KB XML Technology for OpenVMS documentation
1 CPP_PARSER_API.ZIP 1.99MB The Xerces API documentation only
CPP_XSLT_API.ZIP 7.56MB The Xalan API documentation only
2 XERCES-C-JUST-SRC-1_3_0.ZIP 1.7MB An archive of source files and sample source files for the XML parsers
XALAN-C-JUST-SRC_1_0-OPENVMS.ZIP 3.0MB An archive of source files and sample source for the XSLT processors
3 XERCES-OLB-1_3_0.ZIP 979KB The Xerces object library and C++ name database only
XALAN-OLB_1_0-OPENVMS.ZIP 2.22MB The Xalan object library and C++ name database only

 

4. Install the Kit

Save and unpack the ZIP files
You can unpack the files to whatever directory you choose. You will link against the files in this location when you build the samples or your own applications. Use of an ODS-5 volume is not required, but will allow preservation of mixed-case file names. Free zip utilities for OpenVMS include: GZIP, INFO-ZIP, and UNZIP.

Sample files
Two command files, XAL_SAMPLES.COM and XER_SAMPLES.COM, are provided in the SRC subdirectories of the Xalan and Xerces source trees, respectively. Running these .COM files will compile, link, and run all the sample applications. These applications are provided by the Apache Software Foundation XML Project.

Documentation files
All documentation is HTML, and is viewable from a PC or OpenVMS browser. When unzipping the documentation archives, you must preserve the directory structure of the archive to maintain internal links and images. Extract the files to a documentation directory, for example:
[XMLTECH.DOCS].

Important:
When unzipping these archives, you must preserve the directory structure of the archive to maintain internal links and images in HTML files.

Begin viewing the documents by opening the Readme.html file in the top-level directory of each archive.

Test the samples
Go to the Samples page for more details of how to test XML Technology for C++.


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