dotnet xml: how to make sure a xsl document has valid xsl syntax? i tried loading it
into an xml document but that doesnt show syntax errors inside attributes
such as "foo/bar" vs "bar\foo"

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System.XML performs only checks for the well-formedness of Documents,
not for validity. You need a Schema for XSLT wich defines Regular
Expressions to check for "syntax errors inside attributes" (I think you
mean the select-ones and XPath-syntax errors?) and XmlValidatingReader.

An other, easier way is to try to execute the transformation inside a
try-catch-block, if an error occurs, you made errors...

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Load it into an XSLT processor, e.g. XslTransform class. That would run
compilation which always checks syntax and semantics.

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Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, MCAD]
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