msxml3a.dll is only necessary for Windows 9x, you should be OK. Running a few simple tests should be enough to confirm; try something that would result in an exception or error coming from MSXML - like a dom.load or dom.loadXML on a non-well formed XML doc and then check parseError. Or try calling xmlhttp.send() before xmlhttp.open(). Something like that.

"On the internet everybody think that it is mandatory to install msxml3a.dll."

On the Internet, everybody thinks I am 8 feet tall, too. Funny how that works :)

thank for your answer.

So if I don't install msxml3a.dll my application will be able to work correctly.

I will only have problem with error message but no other problems. do these problems have an impact on my software stability ?

is msxml3.dll able to work as stand alone dll ( without the resource dll ) ?

On the internet everybody think that it is mandatory to install msxml3a.dll.

thanks a lot

----- Original Message -----

From: Alex Krawarik [MSFT]

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.xml

Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 6:38 PM

Subject: Re: problem with msxml3a.dll

msxml3a.dll contains the string resources, like error messages and so on. These resources are localized (msxml3.dll itself is language-neutral). In later versions of MSXML3, msxml3a.dll is replaced by msxml3r.dll.

Alex

"Chris" <chris.figueras@free.fr> wrote in message news:45de0b37$0$15274$426a34cc@news.free.fr...

Hi,

I develloped an application wich uses the XML parser MSXML 3.0 SP7. This application runs on XP and I have the following dlls :

    msxml3.dll

    msxml3a.dll

I have to modifiy this application in order to run on XPe and when I install the MSXML 3.0 SP7 package I only have :

    msxml3dll

I would like to know the utility of :



    msxml3a.dll

My problem is this dll is not distribuable under XPe licence.

Thanks a lot for your explanations

"Alex Krawarik [MSFT]" <alexkr@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:OjhA6F3VHHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

msxml3a.dll contains the string resources, like error messages and so on. These resources are localized (msxml3.dll itself is language-neutral). In later versions of MSXML3, msxml3a.dll is replaced by msxml3r.dll.

Hi,

I develloped an application wich uses the XML parser MSXML 3.0 SP7. This application runs on XP and I have the following dlls :

msxml3.dll

msxml3a.dll

I have to modifiy this application in order to run on XPe and when I install the MSXML 3.0 SP7 package I only have :

msxml3dll

I would like to know the utility of :

msxml3a.dll

My problem is this dll is not distribuable under XPe licence.

Thanks a lot for your explanations