Paul Duncan asks in the microsoft.public.xsl list how to set a property for an XSLT extension object.  Yes, there is a way to do set the property of an XSLT extension object in .NET.  But...   This is such an ugly hack, I feel dirty posting the solution.   First, the XSLT transformation that allows the user to set a ...

In my last post, I described the behavior of disable-output-escaping (d-o-e) and System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform when serializing to an XmlTextWriter.  This is a vague concept if you haven't fought d-o-e before, so I am expanding the explanation a bit.    XSLT is deceptive in that it looks like text (after all, you just type, and a ...

XSLT has a facility known as disable-output-escaping (d-o-e) whereby you can write markup as literals.  The most common use for d-o-e is for people unfamiliar with XSLT and recursive processing to easily create procedural algorithms and bypass the learning curve.  Absolutely, there are valid reasons for using d-o-e, such as writing ...

I have been spoiled by TiVO in the worst way.  I don't like to schedule my time around an event, such as a web cast.  Instead, I like to be able to watch programs and view media streams at my leisure.  Just to fit that bill, the past Support WebCasts are available online.  Lots of great stuff, from SharePoint and BizTalk to ...

No idea why, but Mike Gunderloy's The Daily Grind 125 showed up as an unread item in SharpReader today, dated 12/22/2003. The original date of Mike's article was July 15, 2003. I am glad the post re-emerged, because it includes a link to Dan Frumin's article “ XSLT Performance in .NET“ on O'Reilly's OnDotNet.com. The premise ...