XSLT and XML Question

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I have this kinda interesting requirement.

Typically you use XSLT to transform an XML document. The transformed HTML is viewable in a web browser, this works just great. I am also guessing the browser handles the transformation in memory, because if you view the page source of an xml document with XSLT, you don't see html, only xml.

What I would like to do is the following.

using c#

grab an xml file from the fileSystem.... Load it into some framework object
attach an XSLT stylesheet
output the rendered HTML back to an html file on the file system.

Is this possible.

I don't expect a full answer on the entire solution. Just a push in the right direction would be great :) thanks in advance.

RichieHindle · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-13 22:08:31Z

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You can use System.Xml.Xsl to do XSLT in C#.

There's an article here: XML transformation using Xslt in C# that explains how - here's the core of it:

XPathDocument myXPathDoc = new XPathDocument(<xml file path>);
XslTransform myXslTrans = new XslTransform();
myXslTrans.Load(<xsl file path>);
XmlTextWriter myWriter = new XmlTextWriter("result.html", null);
myXslTrans.Transform(myXPathDoc, null, myWriter);

(Edit: Note to @John: that code illustrates the basic idea. It doesn't pretend to be production quality.)

edited Jul 13, 2009 at 22:08

answered Jul 13, 2009 at 21:59

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JL. Over a year ago

I marked your answer as correct, cause you posted a better article.

John Saunders Over a year ago

Please add a using block for the text writer, and maybe use XmlWriter.Create?

John Saunders Over a year ago

@Richie: example code gets copied and pasted, and people whine and say, "but Richie Hindle said it was ok". Hence, -1.

JL. · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-13 21:59:35Z

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So, I found the answer, and pretty quickly... Its all explained here... http://www.csharpfriends.com/Articles/getArticle.aspx?articleID=63

answered Jul 13, 2009 at 21:59

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Lloyd Powell Over a year ago

If you found your answer and quickly, why did you post the question on here first without trying it in a search provider (such as google for instance)

ariso · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-12 18:53:25Z

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what if the html is a invaild format xml?

it looks like we can not use xslt?

Any feedbacks?

answered Aug 12, 2009 at 18:53

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annakata Over a year ago

google "beautifulsoup", "htmltidy", and the "html agility pack"

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