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RSS feeds to CDF

Above link points to an OPML(xml) file with RSS (xml) Feed links. The OPML file is XSLT transformed to an (X)HTML page with links to the RSS feeds. Clicking a RSS feed link on that HTML page will download the Feed from the web and will XSLT transform the RSS to a CDF (Channel Definition Format) file(xml). For each cliked feed link a menu will appear asking you whether the feed should be made available off-line. Clcik yes and the choose adapt, best set the option for syncronisation to manually.

CDF is a technology from the days of Internet Explorer 4 and is no longer in use. All the necessory components however are still buried even in Windows XP.

The from RSS created CDF file with nest itself in a "Channel" sub-folder of your Favorites folder. To view the RSS-CDF feeds open Internet Explorer and Activate the Favorites Explorer bar. Open the Channel sub-folder and click on a feed. The feeds contents will be downloaded and shown in the main right-hand frame. The feeds description is shown as a title popup.