xml -> txt 1

[zekmek]

Hello everybody,

I'm new with everything that concerns xml, xsl, xslt ...

Here is what i would like to do:
I have an xml file, i would like to generate from this file a text (.txt) file.

Is it possible ? has anyone got an example ? is there a tutorial somewhere ?

i have looked a little bit on the Internet and have found out that it could be possible with xslt maybe ... but i have no idea how i could do.

Thank you for your help.

 

[mulligh]

Sure, you can create a text file using XSLT. If you want to create an actual "file", the easiest tool to use is a command line parser like Saxon (

http://saxon.sourceforge.net/),

or MSXSL
(

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...amilyid=2fb55371-c94e-4373-b0e9-db4816552e41)

Your style sheet will start something like this:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=&quot;

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform&quot;

version=&quot;1.0&quot;>
<xslutput method=&quot;text&quot;/>

You'll need to fill in the details. Here's a place to start:

http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_transformation.asp

If you wanted to create a tab delineated list, you could use the & #9; (tab) and & #13; (carriage return) [there should be no space between the & and #]. You can just output &quot;text&quot; also.

See how far you get and then come back if you get stuck.