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How can I open and read XML document?

I have history files on my pc of old msn conversations stored but they now appear as XML files. What do I need to open them with in order to read them?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    XML files are just text files, so any text editor can open them. But reading XML isn't very pleasant; normally you want to use the specific application that understands your particular XML format. But I don't know which app can read msn conversations. In order to make these XML files usable in another app or just more readable, perhaps someone has written a stylesheet (xslt or CSS) that re-formats the XML.

    Also, if the actual XML is in fact XHTML, then of course you can read the files in your web browser.

  • 1 decade ago

    An xml file can be opened using Internet Explorer.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You can probably read them in Notepad enough to figure out what's going on.

    To parse them properly, I'm not sure. IE, I think, has some ability to parse XML but generally you need an XSLT translation table for the application. As I recall - I never got this all sorted out in my head.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    There are categories of xml archives, yet you could view all of them in notepad. no remember if this is a internet xml report you need to use adobe dreamweaver or yet another internet progression gadget. no remember if this is a musicXML report you could view it in musescore or yet another tune notation or midi introduction gadget

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