Receive XML Data, Run ASP Script on IIS

[DennisTheMenace]

I know ASP, SQL and VB Script very well... but have never done anything with ASP receiving XML Data. Here is the scenerio:

I have a software vendor that can send me data via XML to my IIS.

On my IIS I have an existing ASP script that has:
CustID = request("C")
OrderID = request("O")

The script then looks up the customer's e-mail address, and e-mails the cust his order number via CDONTS.

Can we (and how?) have the IIS receive data from a program via XML, process a script, and display nothing (meaning there is no browser, no user, no nothing... just an {get_XMLHttpFormPost} command from the software with tags for the customer and order)

I've browsed the many links about XML tutorials, but don't see anything similar to my scenario. Most refer to formatting and displaying.

Should I be posting this in the ASP Forum?

Thanks in advance!
-Dennis



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[JontyMC]

Are you talking about web services here? How is the XML sent?

 

[DennisTheMenace]

A proprietary software package includes a secondary process. XML commands are available in that secondary process.

I wanted to have the Cust id and Order id sent to my IIS server and execute a server side script.

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[JontyMC]

What do you mean by XML commands are available? Is this local software or does it reside on a different server?

 

[DennisTheMenace]

>>What do you mean by XML commands are available?
The software can execute Secondary Processes including XML.

>>Is this local software or does it reside on a different server?
Resides on a different server.

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[SgtPeppa]

Let me try to get this straight! You cannot send something using Xml. You can send xml Data. Xml is just a certain way of structuring your data. Thats it! Xml cannot do anything! Its not some way of transport!

So what you want is for example create an ASP.NET WebService. That Web Service receives data (structured according to xml)

like that:
[PseudoCode]
[WebService]
public void myWebService (XmlDocument myDocument)
{
string id = myDocument.selectSingleNode("//id").innerText
}
[/PseudoCode]