[RESOLVED] Where did my XML go?

[gep13]

Hey,

I have just added an FAQ to the FAQ Forum, but looking at it now, I don't seem to see the XML that I put between the CODE tags.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=595883

Any idea what is going on?

Thanks

Gary

[techgnome]

OK... that's weird... because you can select "something" in those code blocks... but they appear to be spaces or something... because when I then copy and paste it into note pad, I get nothing.

When you edit the post, does the XML then show up?

-tg

[gep13]

Hey,

Yeah, I actually just checked that, and when I go to edit the post, I can see the XML.

I have done this a number of times in normal forums, and this hasn't caused a problem. The only difference I can see is that this forum allows full html markup, but I have chosen to not use this. Should I? And construct the post differently?

Gary

[techgnome]

Beats me... this is the first time I've seen XML code go sideways.

-tg

[gep13]

Hmmm, not what I was hoping to hear

I will wait and see if anyone knows anything, otherwise, I will try editing the post to use html markup instead, and see if that works.

Thanks

Gary

[MartinLiss]

If you change form [CODE] tags to [Highlight=vb.net] tags (as I did for you in the last block of your post) it works sort of okay.

[techgnome]

would [highlight=xml] work? or what about the noparse tag?

-tg

[gep13]

If you change form [CODE] tags to [Highlight=vb.net] tags (as I did for you in the last block of your post) it works sort of okay.

Ah, ok, so there is a work around, however, the below is a direct copy of the first xml CODE block, and it works fine in regular forum:

<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />

Gary

[si_the_geek]

It is due to HTML being enabled in that forum... and unfortunately NoParse doesn't help.

[highlight=xml] (or something similar, perhaps HTML) is likely to work.

[gep13]

Hey,

Ok, I thought that is what it would come down to. I will refactor the post later tonight if I get a second.

Thanks

Gary

[Nightwalker83]

I see all the code that was posted correctly and can paste it into note pad++. I don't know maybe Marty or Si changed it before I posted!

[MartinLiss]

I see all the code that was posted correctly and can paste it into note pad++. I don't know maybe Marty or Si changed it before I posted!

Nope, according to the Last edited by tag gep13 did it.

[gep13]

Nope, according to the Last edited by tag gep13 did it.

Yip, I edited it last night, but still not 100% happy with it. I was playing with CSAH:

http://copysourceashtml.codeplex.com/

To try and get a nicer looking post, since you have full HTML markup available in that thread. It works really well, but it generates a lot of characters, so I am going to have to split the post over multiple ones, so just trying to work out the best way of doing it.

Gary

[abhijit]

Gary,
Have you tried using this formatter?

I copied the XML from your post and formatted it.

[gep13]

Interesting!!

I had read about this converter in the WPF/Silverlight forums, but I never thought to use it. The resulting output might well be shorter than the HTML that is currently being rendered. I will give this a try.

Thanks

Gary

[DeanMc]

Well you should!

Since I built it I am aware that there are one or too niggles in it but its about 98% correct for most XML based languages!

[gep13]

Hey,

Haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but I certainly will

Gary

[penagate]

Sorry to be late to the party, but for future reference, use &lt; to escape the < symbol in the FAQ forum.

[gep13]

Hey,

Thanks for that, good to know!

Gary