XSLT generation drag and drop to display XML as HTML?

Question

(I searched and looked through XSLT questions, and also looked at the Altova product, although there was no Stylus product yet.)

I don't want to hear again that XSLT is complicated and complicated for manual coding. It's like HTML when it was first popularized. (I know the comparison of apples and oranges, because XSLT is a processing language, and HTML is a display language and meta tags.) But now very few people use HTML code. They simply use WYSIWIG editors and continue to live in their programming.

And I know that XSLT can do a lot, and some of the tasks that it can do are not easy.

But mine is.

I have simple XML files such as CUnit test reports and standard PC-lint XML output. I want to take such an XML file and:

• Double click to open in Greatest_XSLT_Editor
• Ask him to automatically parse the XML and show me the tree view of the XML document.
• Let me drag graphic objects like tables and fields and drag the elements of the XML document from the tree view to these tables and fields so that
• I get a beautiful WYSIWIG mapping of my XML data and
• I click Save Style Sheet, and it asks me for the path to the file to save the automatically generated XSLT, which, associated with XML, will display my XML in a web browser as HTML, as it was in step 4
• A nice touch would be that he asks me if I want to add a pointer to my new XSLT in my XML file and offers me a Save As dialog for this

Needless to say, I would use my drag and drop XSLT: a. Through step 6, so that my XML is displayed the way I like it, and b. Using xsltproc to batch convert XML files to HTML files for later display as desired

QUESTION: Where can I find Greatest_XSLT_Editor?

Update - The stylus is now registered. (My request for trial registration is stuck in spam filters, but support found it and received it.) I hope to try them too, starting with their tutorial. I wish I had more time for all this ...

The update — an attempt by Altova StyleVision — as shown below, failed in step 3. Found your textbook in

http://altova-aot.s3.amazonaws.com/Altova%20StyleVision%20Module%201/player.html

so i will try this.

I have Altova StyleVision on the screen. It was not a drag or double click to get my XML, but OK, File> New> From XML was good enough. And I have a Schema Tree automaticlaly window that shows step # 2 above. But of course, I did not understand how to control the Design window by inserting HTML elements and dragging / dropping tree elements (step # 3), so when I click “PreviewHTML”, I get the expected HTML (step # 4). Maybe I just need to call Altova and get support for the trial ...

Answer 1

I believe that the Stylus product you were talking about is the closest to what you are looking for. I actually do almost the same thing you do, and I start with the stylus next week. After a little research, I could not find what looked better than what they show here .

I am very sorry that other programs might recommend.

Answer 2

Did you really look good Altova StyleVision ? This is a simple drag & drop application that allows you to read an XML file or schema and then discard it on the form. You can then translate this form into XSLT, which generates the desired HTML page.

Of course, you mentioned Altova, so you saw this product. Right? So you need something better than this? They didn’t find him, so I'm also interested. :-)

(Yes, StyleVision seems to be doing everything you asked. What's wrong with it?)

Answer 3

The best tool compared to RenderX was Ecrion's XFDesigner. I found this quite useful for preparing style sheets in a very short time.

Answer 4

I agree that Ecrion XSL / FO Designer is very intuitive and does its job. And you can also insert XSLT fragments if you need to add more advanced XSL material (working with the xsl key: etc.).