Diplaying XML content in the WEB BROWSER control in winform.

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Hi I have a string variable containing xml content. I wish to show th content in the web browser control and want the display to be same as in IE. I tried with various properties of the browser control like the document documentStream documentText but none could give desired results. I tried searching on net and established that I need to have the 1.0 compliant xls defaultss.xslt. Can someone please point me to somewhere from where I can get it. From most of the places I have tried searching either the page has vanished or the link is no more available. Also if someone can suggest some method that can bypass the need of the xslt it will be even better.Can my problem be solved using mshtml.dll or any other dll that the VS offers? Thanks Sid

Siddhartha Sarkar · Answer

Ahh Ashley its again you at my rescue. The link in the page res://msxml.dll/defaultss.xsl is not working. I have however fixed my problem with the following code: StreamReader fs = new StreamReader (filePath); //XML string data string myXml = fs.ReadToEnd(); // Load the xslt used by IE to render the xml System.Xml.Xsl. XslCompiledTransform xTrans = new System.Xml.Xsl. XslCompiledTransform (); xTrans.Load( Defaultss.xslt ); // Read the xml string data into an XML reader object StringReader sr = new StringReader (myXml); XmlReader xReader = XmlReader .Create(sr); //Apply / transform the XML data System.IO. MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream (); xTrans.Transform(xReader null ms); // Reset the position ms.Position = 0; // Set to the document stream this .webMDNFileViewer.DocumentStream = ms; I am also posting the content of the Defaultss.xslt file here. All you need to do is copy the below content paste it in a notepad and save it as the Defaultss.xslt file in your application startup folder. http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform > function f(e){ if (e.className==ci) { if (e.children(0).innerText.indexOf( )>0) fix(ecb); } if (e.className==di) { if (e.children(0).innerText.indexOf( )>0) fix(edb); } e.id=; } function fix(ecl){ e.className=cl; e.style.display=block; j=e.parentElement.children(0); j.className=c; k=j.children(0); k.style.visibility=visible; k.href=#; } function ch(e) { mark=e.children(0).children(0); if (mark.innerText==+) { mark.innerText=-; for (var i=1;i e.children(i).style.display=block; } } else if (mark.innerText==-) { mark.innerText=+; for (var i=1;i e.children(i).style.display=none; } } } function ch2(e) { mark=e.children(0).children(0); contents=e.children(1); if (mark.innerText==+) { mark.innerText=-; if (contents.className==db||contents.className==cb) { contents.style.display=block; } else { contents.style.display=inline; } } else if (mark.innerText==-) { mark.innerText=+; contents.style.display=none; } } function cl() { e=window.event.srcElement; if (e.className!=c) { e=e.parentElement; if (e.className!=c) { return; } } e=e.parentElement; if (e.className==e) { ch(e); } if (e.className==k) { ch2(e); } } function ex(){} function h(){window.status= ;} document.onclick=cl; ]]> BODY {font:x-small 'Verdana'; margin-right:1.5em} .c {cursor:hand} .b {color:red; font-family:'Courier New'; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none} .e {margin-left:1em; text-indent:-1em; margin-right:1em} .k {margin-left:1em; text-indent:-1em; margin-right:1em} .t {color:#990000} .xt {color:#990099} .ns {color:red} .dt {color:green} .m {color:blue} .tx {font-weight:bold} .db {text-indent:0px; margin-left:1em; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;padding-left:.3em; border-left:1px solid #CCCCCC; font:small Courier} .di {font:small Courier} .d {color:blue} .pi {color:blue} .cb {text-indent:0px; margin-left:1em; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;padding-left:.3em; font:small Courier; color:#888888} .ci {font:small Courier; color:#888888} PRE {margin:0px; display:inline} nbsp nbsp x t = - f(clean); nbsp < x t /> - < x t > nbsp nbsp < x t > - < x t > nbsp & ; I want to reiterate that the xslt file content is not my work. I got it from the internet. I am posting it here for the convenience of some poor soul like me. Regards Sid

Ashley Argile · Answer

This might help... http://blorgh.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/displaying-xml-in-the-net-webbrowser-control/ Regards Ashley