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Finishing an RSS Reader


In this part of the article, we will discuss how to get an RSS file from a website, and store it on the local disk for easy viewing. This way we do not need to be connected to the Internet.

Author Info:
By: Jacques Noah
Rating: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars / 4
August 23, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. · Finishing an RSS Reader
  2. · New code
  3. · Getting files from a website
  4. · Full code for the RSS reader

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Finishing an RSS Reader - Full code for the RSS reader
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Entire Code:

Main Code:

unit main;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs, OleCtrls, SHDocVw, ComCtrls, Buttons, ExtCtrls, ToolWin, ImgList, xmldom, XMLIntf, msxmldom, XMLDoc;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
ToolBar1: TToolBar;
SpeedButton1: TSpeedButton;
SpeedButton2: TSpeedButton;
navback: TSpeedButton;
navforward: TSpeedButton;
wbHome: TSpeedButton;
SpeedButton6: TSpeedButton;
wbRefresh: TSpeedButton;
StatusBar1: TStatusBar;
ImageList1: TImageList;
SpeedButton3: TSpeedButton;
XMLDoc: TXMLDocument;
Panel1: TPanel;
tv1: TTreeView;
tvxml: TTreeView;
Panel2: TPanel;
Splitter1: TSplitter;
lv: TListView;
wb: TWebBrowser;
Splitter2: TSplitter;
procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
procedure tv1DblClick(Sender: TObject);
procedure navbackClick(Sender: TObject);
procedure navforwardClick(Sender: TObject);
procedure wbHomeClick(Sender: TObject);
procedure SpeedButton6Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure wbRefreshClick(Sender: TObject);
procedure wbCommandStateChange(Sender: TObject; Command: Integer; Enable: WordBool);
procedure wbDocumentComplete(Sender: TObject; const pDisp: IDispatch; var URL: OleVariant);
procedure wbNewWindow2(Sender: TObject; var ppDisp: IDispatch;  var Cancel: WordBool);
procedure wbStatusTextChange(Sender: TObject; const Text: WideString);
procedure SpeedButton1Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure SpeedButton2Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure tvxmlDblClick(Sender: TObject);
procedure SpeedButton3Click(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
procedure refresh2;
end;
const
IMG_NODE_ROOT = 0;
IMG_NODE_CLOSED = 1;
IMG_NODE_OPEN = 2;
var
Form1: TForm1;
fn:string;
implementation
uses addlink, getxml;
{$R *.dfm}
procedure TForm1.refresh2;
var
SomeTxtFile : TextFile;
buffer : string;
begin
form1.tv1.Items.Clear;
//read links from links file ***********************************
with form1.tv1.Items.AddFirst(  nil,  'RSS Links'  ) do
begin
Selected := true;
{Set the roots image index}
ImageIndex := IMG_NODE_ROOT;
{Set the roots selected index. The same image is
uses
 as for the ImageIndex}
SelectedIndex := IMG_NODE_ROOT;
end;
if fileexists('links.txt')  then begin
AssignFile(SomeTxtFile, 'links.txt');
Reset(SomeTxtFile);
while not EOF(SomeTxtFile) do begin
ReadLn(SomeTxtFile, buffer);
with form1.tv1.Items.AddChildFirst(  form1.tv1.Selected,  buffer) do
begin
{Set the image used when the node is not selected}
{Set the image used when the node is not selected}
ImageIndex := IMG_NODE_CLOSED;
{Image used when the node is selected}
SelectedIndex := IMG_NODE_OPEN;
MakeVisible;
end;
end;
CloseFile(SomeTxtFile);
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
rec:TSearchRec;
SomeTxtFile : TextFile;
buffer : string;
begin
//read links from links file ***********************************
with tv1.Items.AddFirst(nil, 'RSS Links') do
begin
Selected := true;
{Set the roots image index}
ImageIndex := IMG_NODE_ROOT;
{Set the roots selected index. The same image is uses
as for the ImageIndex}
SelectedIndex := IMG_NODE_ROOT;
end;
if fileexists('links.txt')  then begin
AssignFile(SomeTxtFile, 'links.txt');
Reset(SomeTxtFile);
while not EOF(SomeTxtFile) do begin
ReadLn(SomeTxtFile, buffer);
with tv1.Items.AddChildFirst(  tv1.Selected,  buffer) do
begin
{Set the image used when the node is not selected}
{Set the image used when the node is not selected}
ImageIndex := IMG_NODE_CLOSED;
{Image used when the node is selected}
SelectedIndex := IMG_NODE_OPEN;
MakeVisible;
end;
end;
CloseFile(SomeTxtFile);
end //fileexists
else begin
with tv1.Items.AddFirst(  nil,  'No RSS Links Found'  ) do
begin
Selected := true;
end;
end ;
if not DirectoryExists('MyFeeds') then createdir('MyFeeds');
// find all files matching *.xml in the current dir
if FindFirst('MyFeeds*.xml', faAnyFile, rec) = 0 then
begin
with tvxml.Items.AddFirst(nil,  'MyFeeds') do
begin
Selected:=true;
{Set the roots image index}
ImageIndex := IMG_NODE_ROOT;
{Set the roots selected index. The same image is
uses
as for the ImageIndex}
SelectedIndex := IMG_NODE_ROOT;
end;
repeat
with tvxml.Items.AddChildFirst(  tvxml.Selected,  rec.Name) do
begin
{Set the image used when the node is not selected}
ImageIndex := IMG_NODE_CLOSED;
{Image used when the node is selected}
SelectedIndex := IMG_NODE_OPEN;
MakeVisible;
end;
until FindNext(rec) <> 0;
// Must free up resources used by these successful finds
FindClose(rec);
end
else begin
with tvxml.Items.AddFirst(  nil,  'No Files Found'  ) do
begin
Selected := true;
end;
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.tv1DblClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
if (tv1.Selected.Level <> 0) then begin
fn:=tv1.Selected.Text;
form1.Caption:='';
form1.Caption:='RSS XML File Reader - '+fn;
wb.Navigate(fn);
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.navbackClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
wb.GoBack;
end;
procedure TForm1.navforwardClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
wb.GoForward;
end;
procedure TForm1.wbHomeClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
wb.GoHome;
end;
procedure TForm1.SpeedButton6Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
wb.Stop;
end;
procedure TForm1.wbRefreshClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
wb.Refresh;
end;
procedure TForm1.wbCommandStateChange(Sender: TObject; Command: Integer; Enable: WordBool);
begin
case Command of CSC_UPDATECOMMANDS :
begin
//StopBtn.Enabled := Browser.Busy;
wbRefresh.Enabled := not wb.Busy;
end;
CSC_NAVIGATEFORWARD :
begin
navforward.Enabled := Enable;
end;
CSC_NAVIGATEBACK :
begin
navback.Enabled := Enable;
end;
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.wbDocumentComplete(Sender: TObject;
const pDisp: IDispatch; var URL: OleVariant);
begin
wbRefresh.Enabled := true;
end;
procedure TForm1.wbNewWindow2(Sender: TObject; var ppDisp: IDispatch;
var Cancel: WordBool);
var
NewWindow : TForm1;
begin
NewWindow := TForm1.Create(self);
with NewWindow do begin
ppDisp := wb.Application;
show;
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.wbStatusTextChange(Sender: TObject;
const Text: WideString);
begin
StatusBar1.SimpleText := Text;
end;
procedure TForm1.SpeedButton1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
close;
end;
procedure TForm1.SpeedButton2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
form2.show;
end;
procedure TForm1.tvxmlDblClick(Sender: TObject);
var
StartItemNode : IXMLNode;
ANode : IXMLNode;
STitle, sDesc, sLink : WideString;
begin
LV.Clear;
if (tvxml.Selected.Level <> 0) then begin
fn:=tvxml.Selected.Text;
form1.Caption:='';
form1.Caption:='RSS XML File Reader - '+fn;
if not DirectoryExists('MyFeeds') then CreateDir('MyFeeds');
//points to local XML file in "original" code
XMLDoc.FileName :='MyFeeds'+fn;
XMLDoc.Active:=True;
StartItemNode := XMLDoc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes.First.ChildNodes.FindNode('item') ;
if StartItemNode = nil then begin
showmessage('DAMN!');
exit;
end;
ANode := StartItemNode;
repeat
STitle := ANode.ChildNodes['title'].Text;
sLink := ANode.ChildNodes['link'].Text;
sDesc := ANode.ChildNodes['description'].Text;
//add to list view
with LV.Items.Add do
begin
Caption := STitle;
SubItems.Add(sLink) ;
SubItems.Add(sDesc)
end;
ANode := ANode.NextSibling;
until ANode = nil;
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.SpeedButton3Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
form3.show;
end;
end.

AddLink Unit:

unit addlink;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
Dialogs, StdCtrls, Buttons;
type
TForm2 = class(TForm)
addfeed: TEdit;
btnAddFeed: TBitBtn;
StaticText1: TStaticText;
procedure btnAddFeedClick(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form2: TForm2;
implementation
uses main;
{$R *.dfm}
procedure TForm2.btnAddFeedClick(Sender: TObject);
var
SomeTxtFile : TextFile;
begin
if Fileexists('links.txt') then begin
AssignFile(SomeTxtFile, 'links.txt');
Append(SomeTxtFile);
WriteLn(SomeTxtFile, addfeed.text);
CloseFile(SomeTxtFile);
if MessageDlg('The link - ' + addfeed.text + ' - has now been added. Would you like to add another link?', mtInformation,[mbYes, mbNo], 0) = mrYes then begin
addfeed.Clear;
form1.tv1.Items.Clear;
form1.Refresh2;
end
else begin
form1.tv1.Items.Clear;
form1.Refresh2;
close;
end;
end
else begin
AssignFile(SomeTxtFile, 'links.txt');
Rewrite(SomeTxtFile);
WriteLn(SomeTxtFile, addfeed.text);
CloseFile(SomeTxtFile);
if MessageDlg('The link ' + addfeed.text + ' has now been added. ', mtInformation,[mbYes, mbNo], 0) = mrYes then begin
addfeed.Clear;
form1.tv1.Items.Clear;
form1.Refresh2;
end
else begin
form1.tv1.Items.Clear;
form1.Refresh2;
close;
end;
end;
end;
end.

Unit getxml:

unit getxml;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
Dialogs, StdCtrls, Buttons, IdBaseComponent, IdComponent,
IdTCPConnection, IdTCPClient, IdHTTP;
type
TForm3 = class(TForm)
url: TEdit;
btnurl: TBitBtn;
StaticText1: TStaticText;
IdHTTP1: TIdHTTP;
procedure btnurlClick(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form3: TForm3;
implementation
uses main;
{$R *.dfm}
procedure TForm3.btnurlClick(Sender: TObject);
var
FStream: TFileStream;
begin
FStream := TFileStream.Create('feed.xml', fmCreate);
try
IdHTTP1.Get(url.Text, FStream);
finally
FStream.Free;
form1.wb.Navigate(url.Text);
end;
close;
end;
end.


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