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Question Scott Beeson · Mar 1, 2016

Recommend software for creating XSLT transforms?

I'll be doing my first xml transform soon and I'm hoping to find a good graphical mapping tool to generate the XSLT.  Does anyone have any recommendations?  I've tried the demo of Altova MapForce and it's exactly what I want but it's super expensive.  Working for a non-profit it would be nice if I could find a free or cheap solution.

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Paul Gomez · Mar 1, 2016

Altova's tools are the best in my opinion. XMLSpy is the best viewer and MapForce makes XSLT creation very easy. I have never found an open-source or less-expensive alternative but maybe someone else in the community has.

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Scott Beeson  Mar 1, 2016 to Paul Gomez

Yeah I might just see if they'll drop the 400 bucks.  It really is good.

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Helen OBoyle · Jan 15, 2017

Is there some reason you don't just code it by hand?

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Helen OBoyle · Jan 15, 2017

Is there some reason you don't just code it by hand?

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John Hotalen · Jan 30, 2017

If you are familiar with XSL, then you can create your XSL stylesheet manually via any text editor.  Then there are some free online XML/XSL transform testing tools so you can see if your XSL is transforming the XML as expected.

Good luck and Happy Coding......

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