Aug 17, 2012 xslcompiledtransform in memory, without input file aug 17, 2012 04. Outputsettings property to your custom xmlwriter constructor. Recently i came across a rather annoying issue with the xslcompiledtransform class. A more complex example which also works with custom namespaces can be found here. Since style sheets can determine the output format using an statement with the method attribute, the following table describes what the output format is when the transform method is used to write the output, and the output format is declared as a stream or textwriter. Mar 21, 2007 if you ever wanted to take xml as string in memory, transform it, and out the results as a string. The xslcompiledtransform class is an xslt processor. It all worked splendidly but little green lines under the code in visual studio suggested upgrading to xslcompiledtransform. Reach out to all the awesome people in our software development community by starting your own topic.
Web resources about xslt compile error, while calling the load method for xslcompiledtransform. Quicklearn trainings rob callaway talks about when to use xsltransform versus xslcompiledtransform when creating maps. This class is used to compile style sheets and execute xslt transformations. Upgrading from xsltransform to xslcompiledtransform output. It is technology developed by w3c to convert the xml documents to htmlxhtml document in order to present it in a browser. It is possible to generate an xmlwritersettings from scratch, although i havent gotten that far to use such an object, because xmlwritersettings. Outputsettings property returns an xmlwritersettings object that contains information derived from the xsl. Using the xslcompiledtransform class microsoft docs. Transformxml a command line utility to apply xsl transforms. This property is populated after a successful call to the load method. Some of these html contents contain javascript and links.
Edit xslt outputsettings solutions experts exchange. There is no direct way to ask it to use separate closing tags e. It contains the characters for most western european languages. The source document has no encoding attribute specified, and i have tried using iso88591 and windows cp1252 as the xsl. The xmlwritersettings object is used to create an xmlwriter object with the correct settings that can be passed to the transform method. Migrating from the xsltransform class microsoft docs. Xslcompiledtransform xslt processor class, which is intended to replace the obsoleted xsltransform class. Net so it made sense to use the most current standards, but im begining to wish i hadnt bothered. To check file encoding, i open the xml file with notepad. Net, but be aware that this is just the java version running inside ikvm.
Dec 03, 2011 an object of the xslcompiledtransform class can be used to transform the xml file according to the instructions in the xsl file. Here is how to convert an xml document to a different encoding. I declare output encoding as ansi but my generated xml file encoding is utf8. Properly utilizing xslcompiledtransform matt berther. You can simply set any outputsettings directly on the xslcompiledtransform object though the property itself is readonly, you can use its properties and methods. He believes powershell is a killer app for doing this. The xslt file can be created using your favorite editor. The following table describes the behavior for each of the attributes available on the xsl. I recommend xml spy because it has very good support for xml and xslt. This makes it difficult, but not impossible, to use the more recent 2. In my tests, which used a fairly simple style sheet, xslcompiledtransform ran about 3 times faster than xsltransform. Transform%2a method determines the behavior of the xsl. Outputme thod is in that case readonly, which makes it useless for my purpose. Like css, you first writecreate an xml file, you then write an xslt file and use a computer program to combine the two to make a third file.
Here are the examples of the csharp api class system. Xslt is a programming language implemented as an xml semantic. Create method to create an xmlwriter object with the correct settings. Inputs to the xslcompiledtransform class microsoft docs.
The method for transform xml with xslt into something more human readable. Introducing xslcompiledtransform april 1 march 2 february 2 total pageviews. Try ignoring invalid xml characters both while reading and writing. Outputsettings transform the file and send the output to the console. Xslcompiledtransform instead of xsltransform solutions. He enjoys writing utilities to streamline the software development and deployment process. Why xslcompiledtransform may be slower than xsltransform how to reduce startup time if you use one of the managed xslt processors why it is important to cache loaded xslcompiledtransform instances the. Hi all, im having a real problem with getting an xmlwriter as a result of an xsl tranform im attempting. Net framework at all you could try the saxon version for. The only difference seeems to be better performance and tighter default security settings embedded scripting is disabled by default.
The application allows you to specify filenames of the input document and the xslt stylesheet, the number of iterations, and which xslt processor to use. We equally welcome both specific questions as well as openended discussions. Xslcompiledtransform class for transforming a document then we always get self closing tags for all the elements which have nothing inside their body. Xslcompiledtransform in memory, without input file the asp. Another example reading xml and xslt info from two files and. Copy this data into a file and name it aspalliance. There is an article on msdn migrating from the xsltransform class that details the changes. You can rate examples to help us improve the quality of examples. However, if the principal stylesheet is given by its uri, that uri will be resolved using xmlurlresolver for compatibility with xsltransform and xmlreader. I am not that familiar with utf encoding, so maybe it doesnt matter.
Xslcompiledtransform not outputting to xmldocument. It includes performance gains when compared to the no longer in use xsltransform class. The structure of the xslcompiledtransform and xsltransform classes is similar. When you need the file the easiest solution is to write the resource to file and use the xslcompiledtransform. Dim doc as new xpathdocumentfilename create the writer. Ive been meaning to write some benchmark code to compare the performance of. This issue is read only, because it has been in closedfixed state for over 90 days. Applying xslt stylesheet to an xml file at runtime codeproject. The xslcompiledtransform class has an outputsettings property that returns an xmlwritersettings object containing the output information derived from the xsl. Xslt compile error, while calling the load method for. Unicode characters that do not fit the specified encoding.
The xslcompiledtransform class has a method called load, which loads the stylesheet specified as parameter. Hi i have a program that transforms my xml files with the stylesheets i applied and saves them as html file. However, the output settings are generally set in the xmlwriter and the xmlwriter gets its settings from the xmlwritersettings. Nov 27, 2006 before that he spent 7 years at sqr software in pietermaritzburg, where he was responsible for the resource planning and budgeting module in canepro, their flagship product for the sugar industry. If you find my response contains a reference to a third party world wide web site, i am providing this information as a convenience to you. For example, xslcompiledtransform xslt new xslcompiledtransform. Then when you get the result from the stringbuilder. The xml output will contain a header that is based on the encoding of the stream, not the encoding specified in the settings. To enable dtd processing set the prohibitdtd property on xmlreadersettings to false and pass the settings into xmlreader. Format excel file using xslt, xslcompiledtransform see the sample code for creating an excel file formatted with the help of xslt file. Net xslcompiledtransform because it compiles xslt stylesheets or perhaps it is xalan xsltc. Net xslcompiletransform strips newline character in xslt. The transform method accepts three input types for the source document. Transforming an xml string in memory outputing a string.
As strings are 16 bit unicode the encoding will be utf16. This xmlwritersettings object can be passed to the xmlwriter. Createxml, readersettings, new xmlparsercontextnull, null. Hi i have a xml file which i transform into an intermediate file using tranform. The encoding field is filled with utf8 automatically. Output options on the xslcompiledtransform class github. Im told i need to change the code to use xslcompiledtransform. I have also tried setting the attribute via transformers setoutputproperty method im using the javax. Xslt live transform memorystream issue solved daniweb. By voting up you can indicate which examples are most useful and appropriate. Well see, i know virtually nothing about these aspects.
In this code, the dataset is written into a file, but it is not using the xslt to format the document properly. For security reasons dtd is prohibited in this xml document. Properly utilizing xslcompiledtransform by matt berther february 27, 2009 comment tweet like not long ago, we noticed some degradation in performance after we upgraded to. The file i get after the transform is in the format below. Transform the file and send the output to the console.
If you are new to the xslcompiledtransform class and wondering what xslt. Gets an xmlwritersettings object that contains the output information derived from the xsl. Output options on the xslcompiledtransform class microsoft docs. I finally got around to it this morning, and the results were a little disappointing. The workaround is to suppress the header and add it yourself instead. Outputsettings is doing in this snippet, you may find the answer in erik saltwells post what the heck is outputsettings. Net,xslt stands for extensible stylesheet language transformations.
This is straight from the docs xslcompiledtransform. One just needs to pass xslcompiledtransforms outputsettings after. I am going to be converting the output of the xml transform which is a string into a zip file byte array and sending it over a network. The xslcompiledtransform output encoding stack overflow. We can also use this technology to convert the xml data to a different xml formatnetframework includes a class called. When moving to from xsltransform to xslcompiledtransform.
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