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- <H2>Functional Overview</H2>
- On Exploration Air Channels page the user can subscribe to news as it is updated. The technology is new in
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, and the Exploration Air site uses a new feature of Microsoft Internet Information
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- CDX = Channel Definition Format + Active Server Pages
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- Internet Explorer 4.0 supports the Channel Definition Format (CDF) to structure channel information, and Active Server Pages (ASP)
- can be used to personalize channel data. Click <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40">here</A>
- for more information on CDF.
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- <H2>A Closer Look</H2>
- The <STRONG>MakeCDF.cdx</STRONG> file is the key file. It reads the data from the
- <A HREF="..\PR\prFileList.txt">prFileList.txt</A> file, which is used to build the headlines and the links to the
- actual news material. This file is made up of chunks of data, each chunk is three lines. The first line is the headline.
- The second line is the name of the full story, and the third line is the category.
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- EA Named Airline of the Year<BR>
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