"Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" <oleg@NO!SPAM!PLEASEtkachenko.com> wrote in message
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> Eric Phetteplace wrote:
>
> > I am moving over from using msxml2.domdocument to system.xml and
> > system.xml.xsl.
> >
> > I'd like to present this to my group today, so your help is appreciated.
> >
> > I want to transform an XML object (built on the fly) with an XSL
document
> > (URL to document) and have it return a string object for my function.
> >
> > Here's where I am:
> >
> > Function x as String
> > 'this function will return transformed xml
> > Dim oXML as New System.xml.xmldocument
> > oXML.LoadXML("<document/>")
> >
> > oXSL as New System.xml.xmldocument
> > oXSL.Load([stylesheet])
> >
> > x = ???
> > End Function
>
> No, that's MSXML model. In .NET you better use the following (C# code):
>
> XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
> //Build it
> doc.LoadXml("<doc/>");
> XslTransform xslt = new XslTransform();
> //Load stylesheet (you should use here Server.MapPath in ASP.NET)
> xslt.Load("whatever.xsl");
> StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
> //Run transformation
> xslt.Transform(doc, null, sw, null);
> sw.Close();
> return sw.ToString()
>
> Additionally consider caching compiled XslTransform object for
> repetitive transformations.
> --
> Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
> http://blog.tkachenko.com

Eric Phetteplace wrote:

> I am moving over from using msxml2.domdocument to system.xml and
> system.xml.xsl.
>
> I'd like to present this to my group today, so your help is appreciated.
>
> I want to transform an XML object (built on the fly) with an XSL document
> (URL to document) and have it return a string object for my function.
>
> Here's where I am:
>
> Function x as String
> 'this function will return transformed xml
> Dim oXML as New System.xml.xmldocument
> oXML.LoadXML("<document/>")
>
> oXSL as New System.xml.xmldocument
> oXSL.Load([stylesheet])
>
> x = ???
> End Function

Eric Phetteplace wrote:

> However, when I try to compile, (forgive the paraphrasing, as I'm not in
> front of my .NET machine) I get an error saying there isn't a Transform
> method with these parameter types. There are 18 definitions of the
> Transform method.

> I had to use chr(0) in place of the NULL keyword, since
> there is no NULL in VB.NET.

> Eric Phetteplace wrote:
>
> > However, when I try to compile, (forgive the paraphrasing, as I'm not in
> > front of my .NET machine) I get an error saying there isn't a Transform
> > method with these parameter types. There are 18 definitions of the
> > Transform method.
>
> Hmm. Which .NET version are you using? There is a difference in
> XslTransform API between .NET 1.0 and 1.1. I meant the following method:
>
> [Visual Basic] Overloads Public Sub Transform(IXPathNavigable,
> XsltArgumentList, TextWriter, XmlResolver)
> [C#] public void Transform(IXPathNavigable, XsltArgumentList,
> TextWriter, XmlResolver);
>
> XmlDocument is IXPathNavigable and StringWriter is TextWriter.
>
> > I had to use chr(0) in place of the NULL keyword, since
> > there is no NULL in VB.NET.
>
> It's Nothing as far as I know. in VB.NET you should have something like
>
> xslt.Transform(doc, Nothing, sw, Nothing)
>
> --
> Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
> http://blog.tkachenko.com