transform Method

MSXML 5.0 SDK

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - DOM Reference

transform Method

Starts the transformation process or resumes a previously failed transformation.

[Script]

Script Syntax

boolValue = objXSLProcessor.transform();

Example

var xslt = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XSLTemplate.5.0");
var xslDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument.5.0");
var xslProc;
xslDoc.async = false;
xslDoc.load("sample2.xsl");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   xslt.stylesheet = xslDoc;
   var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
   xmlDoc.async = false;
   xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
      xslProc = xslt.createProcessor();
      xslProc.input = xmlDoc;
      xslProc.transform();
      alert(xslProc.output);
   }
}

File Name: Sample2.xsl

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
   <xsl:output method="html"/>
   <xsl:param name="param1"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
      Hello
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="/" mode="edit">
      In Edit Mode
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="/" mode="view">
      In View Mode
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

boolValue = objXSLProcessor.transform

Example

Dim xslt As New Msxml2.XSLTemplate50
Dim xslDoc As New Msxml2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument50
Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim xslProc As IXSLProcessor
xslDoc.async = False
xslDoc.Load "sample2.xsl"
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   Set xslt.stylesheet = xslDoc
   xmlDoc.async = False
   xmlDoc.Load "books.xml"
   If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
      Dim myErr
      Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
      MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
   Else
      Set xslProc = xslt.createProcessor()
      xslProc.input = xmlDoc
      xslProc.Transform
      MsgBox xslProc.output
End If

File Name: Sample2.xsl

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
   <xsl:output method="html"/>
   <xsl:param name="param1"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
      Hello
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="/" mode="edit">
      In Edit Mode
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="/" mode="view">
      In View Mode
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT transform (VARIANT_BOOL* pDone);

Parameters

pDone [out, retval]
The returned success message.

C/C++ Return Values

E_FAIL
The value returned if the value of the readyState property is not READYSTATE_LOADED or READYSTATE_COMPLETE, or if a transformation error is encountered, for example, a script engine error.
VARIANT_FALSE
The value returned if the end of the input tree is reached and more input is pending.
VARIANT_TRUE
The value returned if the entire transformation is completed successfully.

Remarks

When the end of the transformation is reached successfully, VARIANT_TRUE is returned.

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See Also

Applies to: IXSLProcessor