XSLT generation tools

[Mark Cothran]

As XML web applications become more popular, the need to integrate their data
into legacy system file formats is essential. We know XSLT can transform
XML input into many output formats such as XML, HTML, and even ASCII file
formats. Where are the Tools?

Many GUI tools are on the market that will generate XSLT documents for transforming
XML to other XML documents, but what about XML to legacy system ASCII files?
I’ve researched many XML tool vendors - Cape Clear Software Inc., Data Junction,
Induslogic, Seagull, IBM, Dasan Technology, and eXcelon Corporation, but
none of them provide a GUI XSLT generation tool to transform XML into proprietary
legacy system file formats. Have you? Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks

[Jason]

Pick up a book on XSLT and program up a solution. XSLT is a programming language.
If you want to use its full power, you need to learn to program in it.


It's really not that difficult to write transforms from scratch once you
know the language. On the other hand, I have never seen a graphical tool
for programming, oh, C++ that actually worked. I've seen a lot of them claim
to work, but nothing has ever beaten a good old text editor - not yet, anyway.

You can use tools to help you write XSLT, but anything that claims to let
you transform your data without having to know how to program is not telling
you the whole truth. Be very suspicious.

"Mark Cothran" <mcothran@csc.com> wrote:
>
>As XML web applications become more popular, the need to integrate their
data
>into legacy system file formats is essential. We know XSLT can transform
>XML input into many output formats such as XML, HTML, and even ASCII file
>formats. Where are the Tools?
>
>Many GUI tools are on the market that will generate XSLT documents for transforming
>XML to other XML documents, but what about XML to legacy system ASCII files?
> I’ve researched many XML tool vendors - Cape Clear Software Inc., Data
Junction,
>Induslogic, Seagull, IBM, Dasan Technology, and eXcelon Corporation, but
>none of them provide a GUI XSLT generation tool to transform XML into proprietary
>legacy system file formats. Have you? Any assistance would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>