transformNode Method

Script Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMNode.transformNode(objStylesheet);

Parameters

objstylesheet

An object. A valid XML document or DOM node that consists of XSLT elements that direct the transformation of this node.

Return Value

A string. Returns a string that contains the product of the transformation of this XML document based on the XSLT style sheet.

Example

The following Microsoft® JScript® example fills an HTML DIV tag with the result of transformNode.

<SCRIPT>
  // Load data.
  var source = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
  source.async = false;
  source.load("books.xml");
 
  // Load style sheet.
  var stylesheet = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
  stylesheet.async = false
  stylesheet.load("sample.xsl");
 
  // Fill a div tag with the result of the transform
  divInfo.innerHTML = source.transformNode(stylesheet);
</SCRIPT>

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMNode.transformNode(objStylesheet)

Parameters

objstylesheet

An object. A valid XML document or DOM node that consists of XSLT elements that direct the transformation of this node.

Return Value

A string. Returns a string that contains the product of the transformation of this XML document based on the XSLT style sheet.

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example displays the result of transformNode.

Dim source As New Msxml2.DOMDocument40
Dim stylesheet As New Msxml2.DOMDocument40

' Load data.
source.async = False
source.Load "books.xml"
 
' Load style sheet.
stylesheet.async = False
stylesheet.Load "sample.xsl"

' Do the transform
MsgBox source.transformNode(stylesheet)

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT transformNode(
    IXMLDOMNode *stylesheet,
    BSTR *xmlString);

Parameters

stylesheet [in]

A valid XML document or DOM node that consists of XSLT elements that direct the transformation of this node.

xmlString [out, retval]

A string that contains the product of the transformation of this XML document based on the XSLT style sheet.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if stylesheet or xmlString is Null.