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NoDropAreas Collection
Finally, there is the NoDropAreas collection. This collection saves the data that
define NoDrop zones.
<NoDropAreas>
<NoDropArea>
<SelDate>6/12/02</SelDate>
<Room>2</Room>
<StartTime>12:00:00 PM</StartTime>
<Length>60</Length>
</NoDropArea>
</NoDropAreas>
Note: The file format saves some characters in hexadecimal format. The letters,
numbers and selected punctuation are displayed in the file as plain ASCII. All other
characters are saved in the format &00, where the 00 is its hexadecimal ASCII code.
This ability to create XML files open doors for other functionality. You may wish
to construct an application that opens a port to listen for other scheduling applications
that send information to you. You may construct a set of applications that reside at
different locations and use the Internet to coordinate schedules back and forth. Since
you can use the ImportXML method to merge other appointments from a file with the
current configuration of the schedule, this type of application could conceivability be
built. You may even build a server component that coordinates all client programs. The
server may receive XML schedules and send them to their respective destinations. The
possibilities are endless.
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