Reading external data files

[Kaldor]

I was wondering if there is a way to read external files into a window mod or something along that line. I know there is an html window that can read web things, I actually have some data on a web page that I have formatted to read in game and look alright.

The question is can I save the data in my database to xml type format and read it into a new modded window? Also, can a window dump its contents out to an xml/text file at all?

I know the map mod does something like this and can read the external map files and load them into game, I guess I would like to know if a text type file can be read into game.

Thanks for any help.