Transform XML documents with XSLT in a graphical environment.
Graphical XML editors almost universally offer built-in XSLT transformations now. This hack will show you how to transform XML documents with XSLT in xmlspy, xRay2, and <oXygen/>.
Altova’s xmlspy 2004 is a Windows-only graphical XML editor, which you can download from http://www.xmlspy.com. As you install xmlspy, you can get a free license for the Home Edition. Assuming that you have downloaded and installed xmlspy, follow these steps to transform time.xml with clock.xsl (you saw a brief example of this in the hack that discussed creating an XML Document from a text file [Hack #18] ):
Launch xmlspy.
Open the file time.xml with File → Open from the working directory (the directory where you extracted the file archive for the book).
Choose View → Text view.
Open the file clock.xsl with File → Open, also in the same working directory as time.xml.
Choose View → Text view again. At this point, xmlspy should appear as it does in Figure 3-1.
Click on the time.xml window to give it focus.
Press F10 or choose XSL → XSL Transformation, and the “Please choose XSL file” dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 3-2.
Click the Browse button, select clock.xsl, and click OK.
Another window appears showing you the result of the transformation. Choose View → View text. The result appears in Figure 3-3.
Architag’s xRay2 is a free, graphical XML editor that runs only on the Windows platform. Like xmlspy, it has XSLT processing capability. You can download it from http://www.architag.com/xray.
After you have successfully downloaded and installed it, follow these steps to perform a transformation with xRay2.
Launch xRay2.
Open time.xml with File → Open from the working directory.
Open clock.xsl with File → Open in the same location.
Choose File → New XSLT Transform.
In the XML Document pull-down menu, select time.xml (see Figure 3-4).
In the XSLT Program pull-down menu, select clock.xsl (see Figure 3-5).
If it’s not checked, check Auto-update.
The result appears in the transform window as shown in Figure 3-6.
SyncRO Soft’s <oXygen/> is a graphical XML editor that runs on the Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. Like both xmlspy and xRay2, <oXygen/> can process documents with XSLT. You can download a trial copy from http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html/.
After you have downloaded and installed <oXygen/>, follow these steps:
Launch <oXygen/>.
Open time.xml with File → Open from the working directory (see Figure 3-7).
Choose Xml → Configure transformation scenario, then click New. The Edit scenario dialog box appears.
Name the scenario “Time,” click the browse button, and open clock.xsl (see Figure 3-8). Click OK.
In the Configure transformation scenario dialog box, click Transform now. The result appears in a tabbed pane at the bottom of the <oXygen/> window (see Figure 3-9).
Marrowsoft’s <Xselerator> is an XSLT editor and debugger: http://www.marrowsoft.com/Products.htm
Sonic Software’s Stylus Studio includes an XSLT editor, debugger, and mapper: http://www.stylusstudio.com/
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