"Jack Fox" <jackfox@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> I've never had the need to work with XML, but I believe I now have an
> appropriate application. I have time-series data in objects organized as a
> tree that I want an ASP.NET program to write out to web pages formatted as
a
> matrix. It is not a simple matrix, since the number of row heading cells
can
> vary, but the data cells must be aligned by date (so the heading cells
will
> not be uniformly sized).
>
> example of typical rows:
> 3 heading cells, 4 data cells (by year)
> 2 heading cells, 4 data cells (by year)
> etc.
>
> I think what I should do is convert the tree structure to XML and use XSLT
> (and/or XSL) to convert to HTML. I am assuming that I can handle the
heading
> cell problem with XSLT (is this true).
>
> My request is for pointers to a sample ASP.NET program (preferably in C#)
> that does something like this, and tips on what XSLT documentation will
> bring me up to speed the quickest. I know nothing about XSLT, except that
it
> transforms XML into other "vocabularies". I've never worked with CSS, so
> that is not a good reference point for me. I need to learn XSLT from
> scratch. Does XPath fit into this mix?
>
> I haven't looked at the .NET XML class(es) yet, so any time-saving tips in
> that regard would also be appreciated.
>
>

"Dino Chiesa [MSFT]" <dinoch@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I recommend topxml
> www.topxml.com
>
> "SQL Server Development Team [MSFT]" <sqldev@microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> news:ezqflVQYDHA.652@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > I think getting one/few books on XSLT (and/or XML) will provide the best
> > benefit. Lots of people liked Michael Kay book (XSLT: programmer's
> > reference) for the XSLT language (which does not covers .Net
> > implementation), although you may want also want to get a book that
> > describes on .Net implementation of XSLT.
> >
> > As for sample programs, I would search the web. There isn't a lot of
> > difference between using XSLT in Asp.Net and using XSLT in a stand-alone
> > program, so most samples can be used as a starting point. www.asp.net
site
> > has a big sample (IBuySpy) that showcase quite a bit of features of
> Asp.Net,
> > including a "XSLT module". As a side note, you can also download a free
> > Asp.Net web development tool (including samples) from this website.
> >
> > Daniel D.C.
> >
> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
> > http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm.
> > "Jack Fox" <jackfox@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> > news:bhb2ps$7ah$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net...
> > > I've never had the need to work with XML, but I believe I now have an
> > > appropriate application. I have time-series data in objects organized
as
> a
> > > tree that I want an ASP.NET program to write out to web pages
formatted
> as
> > a
> > > matrix. It is not a simple matrix, since the number of row heading
cells
> > can
> > > vary, but the data cells must be aligned by date (so the heading cells
> > will
> > > not be uniformly sized).
> > >
> > > example of typical rows:
> > > 3 heading cells, 4 data cells (by year)
> > > 2 heading cells, 4 data cells (by year)
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > I think what I should do is convert the tree structure to XML and use
> XSLT
> > > (and/or XSL) to convert to HTML. I am assuming that I can handle the
> > heading
> > > cell problem with XSLT (is this true).
> > >
> > > My request is for pointers to a sample ASP.NET program (preferably in
> C#)
> > > that does something like this, and tips on what XSLT documentation
will
> > > bring me up to speed the quickest. I know nothing about XSLT, except
> that
> > it
> > > transforms XML into other "vocabularies". I've never worked with CSS,
so
> > > that is not a good reference point for me. I need to learn XSLT from
> > > scratch. Does XPath fit into this mix?
> > >
> > > I haven't looked at the .NET XML class(es) yet, so any time-saving
tips
> in
> > > that regard would also be appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"SQL Server Development Team [MSFT]" <sqldev@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ezqflVQYDHA.652@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I think getting one/few books on XSLT (and/or XML) will provide the best
> benefit. Lots of people liked Michael Kay book (XSLT: programmer's
> reference) for the XSLT language (which does not covers .Net
> implementation), although you may want also want to get a book that
> describes on .Net implementation of XSLT.
>
> As for sample programs, I would search the web. There isn't a lot of
> difference between using XSLT in Asp.Net and using XSLT in a stand-alone
> program, so most samples can be used as a starting point. www.asp.net site
> has a big sample (IBuySpy) that showcase quite a bit of features of
Asp.Net,
> including a "XSLT module". As a side note, you can also download a free
> Asp.Net web development tool (including samples) from this website.
>
> Daniel D.C.
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
> http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm.
> "Jack Fox" <jackfox@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:bhb2ps$7ah$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net...
> > I've never had the need to work with XML, but I believe I now have an
> > appropriate application. I have time-series data in objects organized as
a
> > tree that I want an ASP.NET program to write out to web pages formatted
as
> a
> > matrix. It is not a simple matrix, since the number of row heading cells
> can
> > vary, but the data cells must be aligned by date (so the heading cells
> will
> > not be uniformly sized).
> >
> > example of typical rows:
> > 3 heading cells, 4 data cells (by year)
> > 2 heading cells, 4 data cells (by year)
> > etc.
> >
> > I think what I should do is convert the tree structure to XML and use
XSLT
> > (and/or XSL) to convert to HTML. I am assuming that I can handle the
> heading
> > cell problem with XSLT (is this true).
> >
> > My request is for pointers to a sample ASP.NET program (preferably in
C#)
> > that does something like this, and tips on what XSLT documentation will
> > bring me up to speed the quickest. I know nothing about XSLT, except
that
> it
> > transforms XML into other "vocabularies". I've never worked with CSS, so
> > that is not a good reference point for me. I need to learn XSLT from
> > scratch. Does XPath fit into this mix?
> >
> > I haven't looked at the .NET XML class(es) yet, so any time-saving tips
in
> > that regard would also be appreciated.
> >
> >
>
>