XML Script logo
Microsoft Windows installation
Downloading

The latest version of X-Tract can be downloaded from http://www.xmlscript.org/download.html. The file will need to be uncompressed after download, using WinZip or a similar program.

Platform requirements

The X-Tract processor is available as a Win-32 command-line executable. This version is supported on Windows NT 4.0 SP3-5, Windows 95.0B and Windows 98. There are no known differences in behaviour between these platforms.

Installing

The distribution package is 'zipped' and will need a standard unzipping utility, such as WinZip to unzip it. When you unzip the distribution package the processor components will be automatically placed in the X-Tract\apps directory. No further installation is necessary. The binary files included in the distribution are:

XTRACT.EXE
MSVCP60.DLL
xerces-c_1_1.dll
Running X-Tract

To run X-Tract, open a command shell ('DOS window'), change directory to the X-Tract\apps directory and type XTRACT start.xst.

Defining the 'XMLscript template' file type

The standard extension for XMLscripts is .xst. To associate this extension with a new file type, use Windows Explorer as follows: Under "Options/File types", select "new type". Then define the following:

Description of type: XMLscript template
Associated extension: .xst Content Type (MIME): text/xml-script

Under "Actions," click on "New..." and then type in the "Action:", which must be "Open". Then under "Application used" you can either put the absolute location of X-Tract e.g. C:\X-Tract\apps\xtract.exe or you can put a text editor such as Notepad, if you're going to be doing a lot of template editing. The application you choose controls what happens when you double-click on an .xst file in the Explorer window. You can also associate .xst files with the icon favicon.ico (in the apps directory of the unpacked distribution).

XML Script homepage | Documentation home | XML Script docs | Command list | Function list | X-Tract docs

X-Stream, X-Tract and XML Script are trade marks of DecisionSoft Limited
© Copyright 1998-2000 DecisionSoft Limited