Display XML Data in ASPX

[Michelle]

Hi, I want to display some pretty basic xml data in
a .NET user control that I would like to build for my
site.

I am getting the XML from a URL that has been provided to
me (i.e. http://domain.com/somelink.asp). If I type the
URL into my browser, the xml doc below is displayed. How
can I incorporate the XML into the user control so that I
can display the company name on my web page?

The XML doc looks like this:
<companies>
<company ID="1" Name="ABC Company"/>
<company ID="2" Name="XYZ Company"/>
<companies>

Thanks for your help.

[Tu-Thach]

Probably the easy way is to load into DataSet using ReadXml method and bind
the DataSet to the user control.

"Michelle" wrote:

Hi, I want to display some pretty basic xml data in
a .NET user control that I would like to build for my
site.

I am getting the XML from a URL that has been provided to
me (i.e. http://domain.com/somelink.asp). If I type the
URL into my browser, the xml doc below is displayed. How
can I incorporate the XML into the user control so that I
can display the company name on my web page?

The XML doc looks like this:
<companies>
<company ID="1" Name="ABC Company"/>
<company ID="2" Name="XYZ Company"/>
<companies>

Thanks for your help.

[Jorge Matos]

Michelle,

Try using the System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Xml control. Drop the control onto
your web form or user control and set the "DocumentSource " to the url of your
xml data. Then set the "TransformSourc e" property to the url of an XSLT file.
When you run your page the Xml control will perform a transformation and
display your xml data. I've written a simple XSLT sample here that you can
test with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:styleshe et version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http ://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/companies/company">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@Name" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

The XSLT transform above will produce an HTML table that displays the
company name on separate rows as shown below:

ABC Company
XYZ Company

HTH,
Jorge

"Michelle" wrote:

Hi, I want to display some pretty basic xml data in
a .NET user control that I would like to build for my
site.

I am getting the XML from a URL that has been provided to
me (i.e. http://domain.com/somelink.asp). If I type the
URL into my browser, the xml doc below is displayed. How
can I incorporate the XML into the user control so that I
can display the company name on my web page?

The XML doc looks like this:
<companies>
<company ID="1" Name="ABC Company"/>
<company ID="2" Name="XYZ Company"/>
<companies>

Thanks for your help.

[Michelle]

Thanks Jorge, That's what I started working with. The
problem is it seems like the xml web control only allows
document sources relative to the website itself. I am
trying to access http://somesite/getcompanies.asp to
return my xml doc. I get an error:

"Invalid Map Path... A virtual path is expected"

I can't believe I am not able to retrieve an xml document
from another site. Is that true?

-----Original Message-----
Michelle,

Try using the System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Xml control. Drop the control ontoyour web form or user control and set the "DocumentSource " to the url of yourxml data. Then set the "TransformSourc e" property to the url of an XSLT file. When you run your page the Xml control will perform a transformation anddisplay your xml data. I've written a simple XSLT sample here that you cantest with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:styleshee t version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="htt p://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:templat e match="/companies/company">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@Name" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

The XSLT transform above will produce an HTML table that displays thecompany name on separate rows as shown below:

ABC Company
XYZ Company

HTH,
Jorge

"Michelle" wrote:

Hi, I want to display some pretty basic xml data in
a .NET user control that I would like to build for my
site.

I am getting the XML from a URL that has been provided to me (i.e. http://domain.com/somelink.asp). If I type the URL into my browser, the xml doc below is displayed. How can I incorporate the XML into the user control so that I can display the company name on my web page?

The XML doc looks like this:
<companies>
<company ID="1" Name="ABC Company"/>
<company ID="2" Name="XYZ Company"/>
<companies>

Thanks for your help.

.