Prepare your files

Before you begin creating Spry data sets, obtain the necessary files (xpath.js and SpryData.js). The xpath.js file allows you to specify complex XPath expressions when creating your data set; the SpryData.js file contains the Spry data library.

Link both files to whatever HTML page you’re creating.

Locate the Spry ZIP file on the Adobe Labs website.
Download and unzip the Spry ZIP file to your hard drive.
Open the unzipped Spry folder and locate the includes folder. This folder contains the xpath.js and SpryData.js files necessary for running the Spry framework.
Copy the includes folder and either paste or drag a copy of it to the root directory of your web site.
Note: If you drag the original includes folder out of the unzipped Spry folder, the demos in the Spry folder won’t work properly.
In Code view (View > Code), link the Spry data library files to your web page by inserting the following script tags within the page’s head tag:
```
<script type="text/javascript" src="includes/xpath.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="includes/SpryData.js"></script>
```
The SpryData.js file depends on the xpath.js file, so it’s important that the xpath.js file comes first in the code.

When you’ve linked the Spry data library, you can create a Spry data set.
Add the Spry name-space declaration to the HTML tag so that the HTML tag looks as follows:
```
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:spry="http://ns.adobe.com/spry/">
```
The Spry name space declaration is necessary to validate the code.

Note: Spry features work locally as long as the Spry data library files are linked to your HTML page. To publish the HTML page to a live server, upload the xpath.js and SpryData.js files as dependent files.