readme

release 1.0 written by Gijs Reulen, Netherlands, August 5, 2000

Executable(s) and source are provided without warranty or support. However, if you find any bugs or have ideas (or can supply code) for improvement then please let me know.

Most important files:

xmlrpc.exe ==========

This is a small utility program which can test xml-rpc calls. It uses the included xmlrpclib.pas. The program is written for testing the xml-rpc implementation of Zope, but should work with any xml-rpc server I guess. The user has to format a valid xml-rpc request himself, allthough a simple example is included at startup. Th use should be clear from its interface. The complete source of the program is in Borland Delphi 5 but should work with any other version (2 and higher).

See the file readme_zope.txt for use with Zope.

xmlrpclib.pas =============

A simple, client-side, core implementation of the xml-rpc protocol for use with Delphi 5 but should work with any other version. It uses the Microsoft Wininet library for communicating to http servers. You (or code created you) are responsible for creating valid xml-rpc calls. Xmlrpclib.pas just passes your call as plain text and returns what it received in raw format. Use xmlrpc.exe for testing. The use of xmlrpclib.pas should be clear from its source. If that is not enough then using it is most likely not for you ;-)

links: http://www.xmlrpc.com http://www.zope.org http://www.borland.com http://www.zope.org/Members/Amos/XML-RPC http://www.zope.org/Members/teyc/howxmlrpc