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Installing Microsoft's XML Parser

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The game statistics produced by Q3Stats use a combination of HTML, XSL and XML. Although all of these are standard Internet file formats, you may need to update your XML parser for the statistics to be displayed properly. You also need to be using Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 or greater. Earlier versions may work if you follow the instructions below, but have not been tested.

I have been able to successfully test the HTML statistics on:

To update the Microsoft XML Parser (warning: only follow these instructions if you are having problems viewing the HTML statistics):

  1. Download version 3 of the parser (MSXML.zip) from the Q3Offline Download page.
  2. Close any copies of Internet Explorer that are currently running.
  3. Unzip MSXML.zip; the 3 dlls (msxml3.dll, msxml3a.dll and msxml3r.dll) should be copied to your Windows\System (Windows 9x) or Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000/XP) directory.
  4. At the command prompt, enter:

    pathname\xmlinst -u

    where pathname is the folder where xmlinst.exe is installed. This command uninstalls any registry entries for MSXML. xmlinst.exe is included in the MSXML.zip file. 

  5. From the command prompt, enter:

    regsvr32 msxml3.dll

    This registers MSXML 3.0. regsvr32.exe is included as part of Windows.

  6. From the command prompt, enter:

    pathname\xmlinst

    This installs the latest version of MSXML in Replace mode.

Read xmlinst.exe ReadMe.txt file included in the MSXML.zip file for more details. You can also get more information about this update at the Microsoft MSDN web site - search for "Install MSXML 3.0 in Replace Mode".