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Kanchana D S (RBIN/DCA-TSG) * wrote: > Can XSLT be used for desktop applications? If so, how ? We have the requirement to design the GUI for a desktop application using XSLT. The help for developing non-web based applications (WinForms in the .NET environment)using xslt seems to be very little. That is, is it possible to generate the user interface for a WinForms application using XSLT? With certain engineering styles, XSLT can be used as part of the implementation of any application - including desktop GUIs. [That's not to say that it should be, only that it is possible] Scripting languages tend to lend themselves to this style of engineering, due to their runtime evaluation. The idea is that one uses scripting to set up a transformation, and the stylesheet generates a new script (as a text output) that is then evaluated. So far in practice I have found that this significantly reduces the amount of DOM programming required (which I find an interesting result). The stylesheet operates upon the data in XML documents (particularly configuration data) and then the (generated) script operates upon the UI. This can lead to a nice separation of responsibility. The particular scripting language I'm using is Tcl/Tk, but the same techniques apply to Python and Perl/Tk. HTHs, Steve Ball -- Steve Ball | XSLT Standard Library | Training & Seminars Zveno Pty Ltd | Web Tcl Complete | XML XSL Schemas http://www.zveno.com/ | TclXML TclDOM | Tcl, Web Development Steve.Ball@z... +---------------------------+--------------------- Ph. +61 2 6242 4099 | Mobile (0413) 594 462 | Fax +61 2 6242 4099
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