Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET Programmer's Cookbook

Perform an XSL Transform

Problem

You want to transform an XML document into another document using an XSLT stylesheet.

Solution

Use the Transform method of the System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform class.

Discussion

XSLT (or XSL transforms) is an XML-based language designed to transform one XML document into another document. XSLT can be used to create a new XML document with the same data but arranged in a different structure, or to select a subset of the data in a document. It can also be used to create a different type of structured document. XSLT is commonly used in this manner to format an XML document into an HTML page.

XSLT is a rich language, and creating XSL transforms is beyond the scope of this book. However, you can learn how to create simple XSLT ...