How to read xml files

Stattovic

Stattovic

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I have been sent by e-mail 10 files of cricket scorecards which are in xml format.

I have tried searching for an answer but its very tricky.

Can someone please advise me as to how I can read xml files.

Many thanks
 
Open it in a plain text editor. XML files are really suppose to be reader friendly. They are meant for use as configuration files, and other such things.

You can try an XML reader like http://codebeautify.org/xmlviewer , though. Drop the XML text on the left side and then click "Tree View".
 
Thanks guys I have tried both options, the codebeautifyer gave me a tree view not ideal, the Notepad gave me loads of gogglegook when I uploaded one of the files.

I am looking to be able to read these files in a simple text format.

Any ideas, thanks
 
Stattovic said:
Notepad gave me loads of gogglegook when I uploaded one of the files.
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If you want to edit or view .xml files, right click on the file and click "Edit with Notepad++". If you want Notepad++ to be the default viewer of .xml files, then you need to go to "Control Panel/Default Programs/Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program", scroll down to .xml, double click on it and choose Notepad++ from the menu. Normally .xml files will try to open in a default viewer, which is a web browser, this doesn't always have the best results.
 
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Troncoso said:
Open it in a plain text editor. XML files are really suppose to be reader friendly. They are meant for use as configuration files, and other such things.

You can try an XML reader like http://codebeautify.org/xmlviewer , though.
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WhoX said:
If you want to edit or view .xml files, right click on the file and click "Edit with Notepad++". If you want Notepad++ to be the default viewer of .xml files, then you need to go to "Control Panel/Default Programs/Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program", scroll down to .xml, double click on it and choose Notepad++ from the menu.
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You don't understand what he's looking for. He doesn't want to view them in raw XML format, but a more reader friendly format.

A tree view is about the best you're going to get. As I mentioned before, XML isn't really meant for reading.
 
Calm down. I understand what he is looking for. I think maybe he didn't understand how to reach that goal using Notepad++, hence my explanation in post #5.
 
Thanks guys for your input my problem was resolved.

The xml files I am being send come from a software program called TCS (Total Cricket Scorer) which I also use.
For the uninitiated TCS is a computer way of scoring cricket matches rather than the old fashioned book method.

I save the xml file sent and import it into my TCS program and wallah there it is in normal readable fashion.

Many thanks
 
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