Simple way of using XML as Config File? (VB6)

[señorbadger]

Hi i was just wondering if there is a simple way to use xml as a application configuration file in VB6.

Can someone show me how to put a xml file into varibles i mean like

timeout would be equal to the value of <Timeout> in the xml i am using below is my xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<CONFIG>
    <Network>
        <IP>80</IP>
        <HOST>127.0.0.1</HOST>
        <Timeout>12</Timeout>
    </Network>
    <General>
        <Auto>1</Auto>
        <ONTOP>True</ONTOP>
    </General>
</CONFIG>

and my vb code so far i am using XML 2.6

Dim xml As MSXML2.XMLDocument
Set xml = New MSXML2.XMLDocument
xml.url = App.Path & "\config.xml"

[Spajeoly]

Something wrong with .ini files?

[señorbadger]

you just nedd huge amounts of code for them and they a bit old now

[Spajeoly]

Not really, just use a text file and call it an ini file.

Parsing out xml is somehow going to be less code and faster?

[señorbadger]

ok so if i changed a setting how would i tell it to update

ill forget the xml thing now just when i saw the code for a ini file i was shocked

[Spajeoly]

You could just hold the settings in an Array, then write them to a file when you want to save them. If done properly, everything will hold the same indexes.

[señorbadger]

true true, thanks for ya help mate

[Spajeoly]

Anytime. Mind you, it's all just suggestions. You naturally should always do things the way you want them done.

Hell, MSN uses XML config files.