".NETUser" <takal***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>   I am doing research on printing in VB.NET and I would like to know
> how I can use XML to format  three different reports. I'm new to this,
> so I don't know how to include this in my .NET code. Would someone
> point to a location where I can get more information?
>
> Thanks
>

> Your questions doesn't make sense as I understand it.
>
> Perhaphs you have an xml report and you want to use xslt to transform it
> into another form like html, excel spreadsheet or xsl-fo for pdf? If this is
> the case you need to read up on xslt.  Once you have that doing the
> transformation in .NET is trivial.
>
> Rick
>
>
> ".NETUser" <takal***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1162499644.655639.143370@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello,
> >   I am doing research on printing in VB.NET and I would like to know
> > how I can use XML to format  three different reports. I'm new to this,
> > so I don't know how to include this in my .NET code. Would someone
> > point to a location where I can get more information?
> >
> > Thanks
> >

".NETUser" <takal***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Rick wrote:
>> Your questions doesn't make sense as I understand it.
>>
>> Perhaphs you have an xml report and you want to use xslt to transform it
>> into another form like html, excel spreadsheet or xsl-fo for pdf? If this
>> is
>> the case you need to read up on xslt.  Once you have that doing the
>> transformation in .NET is trivial.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> ".NETUser" <takal***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1162499644.655639.143370@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hello,
>> >   I am doing research on printing in VB.NET and I would like to know
>> > how I can use XML to format  three different reports. I'm new to this,
>> > so I don't know how to include this in my .NET code. Would someone
>> > point to a location where I can get more information?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>
> Sorry if I don't make sense. I'm trying to complete an assignment that
> my boss gave me to do and I don't understand it. Basically, I'm writing
> an application that will output at least seven reports in different
> formats, and I want to create something like a stylesheet that can be
> modified for each report. In Web, this would be the equivalent of a
> .css file. What is the equivalent for a Windows.NET application?
> Thanks.
>

> Yes, I think you would want to wite an XSLT file to do the transformations
> into the various types of reports.
>
> You can write one XSLT and pass in a parameter to designate which type of
> output you want.
>
> XSLT is well documented so you can just google for totorials on this
> subject.
>
> The .NET part is trivial; just look for "Transform" in the help file.You
> will specify the input xml file, the xslt file that will perform the
> transformation and you will get your results in a stream, file or some other
> way.
>
> If you are going to be playing with XML and XSLT you should download the
> free version of XMLSpy.  It is an excellent tool with great intellisense
> when you are typing a stylesheet or xml file.  And, you can't beet the
> price.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Rick
>
>
> ".NETUser" <takal***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1162563405.495948.255750@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Rick wrote:
> >> Your questions doesn't make sense as I understand it.
> >>
> >> Perhaphs you have an xml report and you want to use xslt to transform it
> >> into another form like html, excel spreadsheet or xsl-fo for pdf? If this
> >> is
> >> the case you need to read up on xslt.  Once you have that doing the
> >> transformation in .NET is trivial.
> >>
> >> Rick
> >>
> >>
> >> ".NETUser" <takal***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1162499644.655639.143370@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Hello,
> >> >   I am doing research on printing in VB.NET and I would like to know
> >> > how I can use XML to format  three different reports. I'm new to this,
> >> > so I don't know how to include this in my .NET code. Would someone
> >> > point to a location where I can get more information?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >
> > Sorry if I don't make sense. I'm trying to complete an assignment that
> > my boss gave me to do and I don't understand it. Basically, I'm writing
> > an application that will output at least seven reports in different
> > formats, and I want to create something like a stylesheet that can be
> > modified for each report. In Web, this would be the equivalent of a
> > .css file. What is the equivalent for a Windows.NET application?
> > Thanks.
> >