ASP.NET includes an Xml web control that fills the gap and can display XML content. You can specify the XML content for this control in several ways: by assigning an XmlDocument object to the Document property, by assigning a string containing the XML content to the DocumentContent property, or by specifying a string that refers to an XML file using the DocumentSource property.
// Display the information from an XML file in the Xml control.
Xml.DocumentSource = Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath,
@"App_Data\SuperProProductList.xml");
//XML File
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SuperProProductList>
<Product ID="1" Name="Chair">
<Price>49.33</Price>
<Available>True</Available>
<Status>3</Status>
</Product>
<Product ID="2" Name="Car">
<Price>43399.55</Price>
<Available>True</Available>
<Status>3</Status>
</Product>
<Product ID="3" Name="Fresh Fruit Basket">
<Price>49.99</Price>
<Available>False</Available>
<Status>4</Status>
</Product>
</SuperProProductList>
If you assign the SuperProProductList.xml file to the Xml control, you’re likely to be disappointed. The result is just a string of the inner text (the price for each product), bunched together without a space (see Figure 1).
Figure 1
However, you can also apply an XSLT style sheet, either by assigning an XslCompiledTransform object to the Transform property or by using a string that refers to the XSLT file with the TransformSource property:
//XSLT sheet(Style sheet)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0" >
<xsl:template match="SuperProProductList">
<html>
<body>
<table border="1">
<xsl:apply-templates select="Product"/>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Product">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="@ID"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="@Name"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="Price"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
// Specify a XSLT file.
Xml.TransformSource = Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath,
@"App_Data\SuperProProductList.xslt")
Now the output is automatically formatted according to your style sheet (see Figure 2).
Figure 2
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