# MSXML question and Rails

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 12, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/msxml-question-and-rails/88565 "2007-03-12T18:18:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/msxml-question-and-rails/88565/1 "2007-03-12T18:18:36Z")

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Hi,

I have an application on a pocket PC that dumps information from a form  
into various formats excel, xml, html etc.

XML seems the obvious choice to use, so the user will then submit this  
xml document containing the data to a rails web application and the xml  
data will be stored in a database to generate reports etc. The data in  
the database could then be edited or whatever and then sent back to the  
pocket PC via a auto generated xml document.

Pocket PC is a MS application and i noticed this on the manual:

Note: The XML Incoming session options require MSXML, which can be  
obtained from Microsoft and is a component of later versions of Internet  
Explorer. If problems are experienced using these features, download and  
install the MSXML components.

Will i have any issues reading and writing MSXML from my rails app? Any  
advice appreciated.