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Andry
Andry

Reputation: 16845

Cannot transform XML to HTML through .NET System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform

I have this xsl:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:cf="http://AAA"
                xmlns="http://AAA"
                exclude-result-prefixes="cf">

  <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

  <xsl:template match="/cf:Content">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>AAA</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        Hello everybody
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

this xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="myxsl.xslt" type="text/xsl"?>
<cf:Content xmlns:cf="http://AAA"
            xmlns="http://AAA">

  Hello.

</cf:Content>

The namespace referenced by the xml is an xsd of mine (validation is correct).

Well, is I open the xml file with a browser, the xslt works.

Now, I have this code:

string xml = "THE SAME XML OF THE XML FILE";

XslCompiledTransform transform = new XslCompiledTransform();
using (XmlReader xr = 
      XmlReader.Create("myxsl.xslt")) { 
   transform.Load(xr); 
}

try {
   using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
   using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(xml))
   using (XmlReader xr = XmlReader.Create(sr)) {

      transform.Transform(xr, new XsltArgumentList(), sw);
      string html = sw.ToString();
      this.Preview_Literal.Text = html;

   }
} catch (Exception ex) {
throw ex;
}

Of course it get an exception:

Error: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1. - Type: System.Xml.XmlException

What is the problem?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2488

Answers (1)

OmegaZiv
OmegaZiv

Reputation: 266

Martin's answer:

remove the default namespace, xmlns="http://AAA", from the xsl:stylesheet as HTML elements don't belong in that namespace. For example, <head> is actually <cf:head> by default.

Upvotes: 1

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