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Xml.Transform Property

.NET Framework 4

Gets or sets the System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform object that formats the XML document before it is written to the output stream.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
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'Declaration

<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public Property Transform As XslTransform
	Get
	Set

<asp:Xml Transform="XslTransform" />

Property Value

Type: System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform
The System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform that formats the XML document before it is written to the output stream.

When using the Xml control to display an XML document, you can optionally specify an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) style sheet that formats the XML document, before it is written to the output stream in one of two ways. You can format the XML document with either a System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform object or an XSL Transformation style sheet file. If no XSL Transform document is specified, the XML document is displayed using the default format. The Transform property is used to specify a System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform object (representing an XSL Transform document) used to format the XML document before it is written to the output stream.

Note Note

Using a System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform object requires Full Trust permissions.
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How to: Transform XML Data in the XML Web Server Control Building ASP .NET Web Applications
How to: Transform XML Data in the XML Web Server Control Building ASP .NET Web Applications

The following code example shows how to create XmlDocument and XslTransform objects from a sample XML file and an XSL Transformation style sheet. The objects are then used by the XML control to display the XML document.

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<!-- 
The following example demonstrates how to create XmlDocument and 
XslTransform objects from the sample XML and XSL Transform files. 
The objects are then used by the Xml control to display the XML 
document. Make sure the sample XML file is called People.xml and 
the sample XSL Transform file is called Peopletable.xsl.
-->

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Xml" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Xml.Xsl" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
   <script runat="server">
      Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
         Dim doc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
         doc.Load(Server.MapPath("people.xml"))

         Dim trans As XslTransform = new XslTransform()
         trans.Load(Server.MapPath("peopletable.xsl"))

         xml1.Document = doc
         xml1.Transform = trans
      End Sub
</script>
<head runat="server">
    <title>Xml Class Example</title>
</head>
<body>
   <h3>Xml Example</h3>
   <form id="form1" runat="server">
      <asp:Xml id="xml1" runat="server" />
   </form>
</body>
</html>

<!-- 
For this example to work, paste the following code into a file
named peopletable.xsl. Store the file in the same directory as
your .aspx file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="/People">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="Person" />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="Person">
    <table width="100%" border="1">
      <tr>
        <td>
          <b>
            <xsl:value-of select="Name/FirstName" />
            &#160;
            <xsl:value-of select="Name/LastName" />
          </b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          <xsl:value-of select="Address/Street" /><br />
          <xsl:value-of select="Address/City" />
          ,
          <xsl:value-of select="Address/State" />
          <xsl:value-of select="Address/Zip" />
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          Job Title: <xsl:value-of select="Job/Title" /><br />
          Description: <xsl:value-of select="Job/Description" />
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="bookstore">

      <bookstore>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="book"/>
      </bookstore>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="book">
      <book>
         <xsl:attribute name="ISBN">
            <xsl:value-of select="@ISBN"/>
         </xsl:attribute>
         <price>
            <xsl:value-of select="price"/>
         </price>
         <xsl:text>
         </xsl:text>
      </book>
   </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

-->

<!--
For this example to work, paste the following code into a file 
named people.xml. Store the file in the same directory as 
your .aspx file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<People>
  <Person>
    <Name>
      <FirstName>Joe</FirstName>
      <LastName>Suits</LastName>
    </Name>
    <Address>
      <Street>1800 Success Way</Street>
      <City>Redmond</City>
      <State>WA</State>
      <ZipCode>98052</ZipCode>
    </Address>
    <Job>
      <Title>CEO</Title>
      <Description>Wears the nice suit</Description>
    </Job>
  </Person>

  <Person>
    <Name>
      <FirstName>Linda</FirstName>
      <LastName>Sue</LastName>
    </Name>
    <Address>
      <Street>1302 American St.</Street>
      <City>Paso Robles</City>
      <State>CA</State>
      <ZipCode>93447</ZipCode>
    </Address>
    <Job>
      <Title>Attorney</Title>
      <Description>Stands up for justice</Description>
    </Job>
  </Person>

  <Person>
    <Name>
      <FirstName>Jeremy</FirstName>
      <LastName>Boards</LastName>
    </Name>
    <Address>
      <Street>34 Palm Avenue</Street>
      <City>Waikiki</City>
      <State>HI</State>
      <ZipCode>98052</ZipCode>
    </Address>
    <Job>
      <Title>Pro Surfer</Title>
      <Description>Rides the big waves</Description>
    </Job>
  </Person>

  <Person>
    <Name>
      <FirstName>Joan</FirstName>
      <LastName>Page</LastName>
    </Name>
    <Address>
      <Street>700 Webmaster Road</Street>
      <City>Redmond</City>
      <State>WA</State>
      <ZipCode>98073</ZipCode>
    </Address>
    <Job>
      <Title>Web Site Developer</Title>
      <Description>Writes the pretty pages</Description>
    </Job>
  </Person>
</People>

-->

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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