XML to XML conversion

[Tim]

The requirement is to convert an XML file from one format to another. What is
the best way to accomplish the same in C# 2.0? Coming from VB6 background, I
could think of the following:

1. Write C# code for the conversion
2. Write XSL for the conversion and invoke it from c#.

Which of the above is better in terms of Performance, Memory Consumption
etc. Are there other options available to achieve the same?

[Anders Borum]

Re: XML to XML conversion

Hello!

Are you doing this on a regular basis, or is it a one-time transformation?

C# 2.0 contains a new set of optimized XSLT extensions, allowing for
extremely fast transformation of XML documents (highly recommended). XSLT is
a great approach because the XSLT transformation files are seperate from the
C# code and thus easy to build (and change).

--
Venlig hilsen
Anders Borum / SphereWorks
Microsoft Certified Professional (.NET MCP)

[Kevin Spencer]

Re: XML to XML conversion

I would definitely go with XSL. You never know how many formats your
document will need to be able to be tranformed to over the long haul.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
You can lead a fish to a bicycle,
but it takes a very long time,
and the bicycle has to *want* to change.

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> The requirement is to convert an XML file from one format to another. What
> is
> the best way to accomplish the same in C# 2.0? Coming from VB6 background,
> I
> could think of the following:
>
> 1. Write C# code for the conversion
> 2. Write XSL for the conversion and invoke it from c#.
>
> Which of the above is better in terms of Performance, Memory Consumption
> etc. Are there other options available to achieve the same?[/color]

[Tim]

Re: XML to XML conversion

Thank you, Anders and Kevin. I shall take the XSL approach - especially
considering that it has been optimized for performance in .Net 2.0.

"Kevin Spencer" wrote:
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> I would definitely go with XSL. You never know how many formats your
> document will need to be able to be tranformed to over the long haul.
>
> --
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
> ..Net Developer
> You can lead a fish to a bicycle,
> but it takes a very long time,
> and the bicycle has to *want* to change.
>
> "Tim" <Tim@discussion s.microsoft.com > wrote in message
> news:AAEFAA97-5834-46C4-9877-23F2AB3C9253@mi crosoft.com...[color=green]
> > The requirement is to convert an XML file from one format to another. What
> > is
> > the best way to accomplish the same in C# 2.0? Coming from VB6 background,
> > I
> > could think of the following:
> >
> > 1. Write C# code for the conversion
> > 2. Write XSL for the conversion and invoke it from c#.
> >
> > Which of the above is better in terms of Performance, Memory Consumption
> > etc. Are there other options available to achieve the same?[/color]
>
>
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