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;; copyright (c) 2002 Franz Inc, Berkeley, CA
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;; $Id: readme.txt,v 1.1.2.1 2002/03/01 21:41:36 layer Exp $


WHAT IS THIS?

This directory contains files that define and exercise the XML-RPC
protocol that allows remote procedure invocation over an http
connection.

More extensive documentation is in the file xml-rpc.txt.



PREREQUISITES:

ACL 6.0 or higher

Allegro Serve - there is a version distributed with ACL

XmlUtils - This is an Open Source component that may be downloaded
           from the Franz web site:

           1. download sources to ./xmlutils
           2. compile in ACL with the command:   :ld xmlutils/build.cl
          


HOW TO BUILD AND RUN:

Compile with the ACL command:   :cl xml-rpc

Compile and load examples:      :cl xml-rpc-examples

With an open web connection, try some public servers with the
forms:  (try1a)  (try1b)   (try2)  ...

Look in the file xml-rpc-examples.cl for more things to try.