XML-to-XML XSLT transformation using an intermediate file.

Originally Posted by pivote

I'm trying to transform a XML file to another XML file. The first file must describe what I want to say in a more abstract way than the second. But in order to do the transformation, I need an intermediate XML file which helps to find that more detailed description needed for the output file.

I was wondering if this could be done using XSLT language. I'm quite new to XML and for what I have read, the XSLT transformation just deals with one input file and another output file.

I would appreciate any kind of help. Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by pivote

Now a question about the document() function.

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try
{
XmlReaderSettings xmlReaderSettings = new XmlReaderSettings();
xmlReaderSettings.ProhibitDtd = false;

XmlReader xmlSource = XmlReader.Create("file1.xml", xmlReaderSettings);
XPathDocument xpathDoc = new XPathDocument(xmlSource);

XmlTextReader xslSource = new XmlTextReader("file.xslt");
XslCompiledTransform xsltDoc = new XslCompiledTransform();
XsltSettings settings = new XsltSettings(true, false);
xsltDoc.Load(xslSource,settings, new XmlUrlResolver());

XmlWriterSettings writerSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
writerSettings.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
writerSettings.OmitXmlDeclaration = false;
writerSettings.Indent = true;

XmlWriter xmlOutput = XmlWriter.Create("file2.xml", writerSettings);

xmlOutput.WriteDocType("file", null, "file2.dtd", null);

xsltDoc.Transform(xpathDoc, null, xmlOutput);

xmlOutput.Close();

}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Excepcion: {0}", e.ToString());
}

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my stylesheet doesn't work either...

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<xsl:output method="xml" version="1" encoding="utf-8" omit-xml-declaration="no" doctype-system="file2.dtd" indent="yes"/>
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Thank you for your help.