asp.net xml control
Asp.net Xml control is a server control used to display an xml document and the result of an XSL Transform
Properties of XML control
Document: it specifies an xml document using namespace System.Xml.XmlDocument
DocumentContent: it specifies an XML string
DocumentSource: It specifies path of an XML file
TransformSource: It specifies path of an XSL file
Asp.net XML control Example:
Step 1: first Create xml file
goto VS2005 or VS2008 website menu – choose Add
New Item — choose XML file – give name register.xml
The xml file looks like
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″ ?>
Then extend below code also
<registration>
<userdata>
<firstname>santhu</firstname>
<mobileno>98480</mobileno>
<country>India</country>
<emailId>santhweb</emailId>
<loginname>santhu</loginname>
<loginPwd>web123</loginPwd>
</userdata>
<userdata>
<firstname>raju</firstname>
<mobileno>98480</mobileno>
<country>India</country>
<emailId>rajuweb</emailId>
<loginname>raju</loginname>
<loginPwd>raju123</loginPwd>
</userdata>
<userdata>
<firstname>kiran</firstname>
<mobileno>99480</mobileno>
<country>India</country>
<emailId>kiranweb</emailId>
<loginname>kiran</loginname>
<loginPwd>kiran222</loginPwd>
</userdata>
<userdata>
<firstname>rakesh</firstname>
<mobileno>99480</mobileno>
<country>India</country>
<emailId>rakeshweb</emailId>
<loginname>rakesh </loginname>
<loginPwd>rak345</loginPwd>
</userdata>
<userdata>
<firstname>john</firstname>
<mobileno>9052</mobileno>
<country>India</country>
<emailId>johnweb</emailId>
<loginname>john</loginname>
<loginPwd>john234</loginPwd>
</userdata>
</registration>
Step 2: Create XSLT File
goto VS2005 or VS2008 website menu – choose Add
New Item — choose XSLT File – give name register.xslt
The XSLT File looks like
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<xsl:stylesheet version=”1.0″ xmlns:xsl=”http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform”
xmlns:msxsl=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt” exclude-result-prefixes=”msxsl”
>
<xsl:output method=”xml” indent=”yes”/>
<xsl:template match=”@* | node()”>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select=”@* | node()”/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
In above XSLT File remove below code or keep in comment
<xsl:template match=”@* | node()”>–>
<!–<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select=”@* | node()”/>
</xsl:copy>–>
OR
Modify <xsl:template match=”@* | node()”>
To
<xsl:template match=”/”> this will effect to retrieve XSLT file
<xsl:for-each select=”registration/userdata“>
Registration is parent tag of xml file <registration></registration>
Userdate is subparent tag of xml file <userdata> </userdata>
ChildDate
Retreiving xml child element to XSLT file use below syntax
<firstname>john</firstname>
<mobileno>9052</mobileno>
<country>India</country>
<emailId>johnweb</emailId>
<loginname>john</loginname>
<loginPwd>john234</loginPwd>
<xsl:value-of select=“firstname”/>
Complete Code for XSLT File:
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<xsl:stylesheet version=”1.0″ xmlns:xsl=”http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform”
xmlns:msxsl=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt” exclude-result-prefixes=”msxsl”
>
<xsl:output method=”xml” indent=”yes”/>
<!–<xsl:template match=”@* | node()”>–>
<!–<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select=”@* | node()”/>
</xsl:copy>–>
<xsl:template match=”/”>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Registration Users</h2>
−
<table border=”1″>
−
<tr bgcolor=”#c6c6c6″>
<th align=”left”>FirstName</th>
<th align=”left”>MobileNo</th>
<th align=”left”>Country</th>
</tr>
−
<xsl:for-each select=”registration/userdata”>
−
<tr>
−
<td>
<xsl:value-of select=”firstname”/>
</td>
−
<td>
<xsl:value-of select=”mobileno”/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select=”country”/>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Step 3: Drag asp.net XML control in Default.aspx page
Goto properties of Asp.net XML Control — click DocumentSource choose path of the xml file (register.xml)
Similarly,Click property of TransformSource in asp.net XML control –choose register.xslt file
<asp:Xml ID=”Xml1″ runat=”server”
DocumentSource=”~/register.xml”
TransformSource=”~/register.xslt”>
</asp:Xml>
Step 4: Run the Application
asp.net xml control result
