XSLT Editor (Xselerator?)

Kindler Chase

unread,

Jun 26, 2008, 2:35:14 PM6/26/08

to

When I was writing a lot of XSL documents I relied heavily upon
MarrowSoft's Xselerator:
http://www.marrowsoft.co.uk/

Xselerator doesn't appear to be doing any further updates, nor is it
even being sold anymore (I think?). Nor have I seen Marrow on the forums
lately (not that I've looked that hard!).

One of the most-oft used features of Xselerator (for me) was the ability
to transform the XSL against a side-by-side XML file right from within
the editor. Not to mention that was simply a great IDE for XSL.

I'm starting to write XSL again and haven't really found anything that
seems comparable to Xselerator. Any suggestions?

Cheers!
::k::

Martin Honnen

unread,

Jun 27, 2008, 7:11:46 AM6/27/08

to

Kindler Chase wrote:

> I'm starting to write XSL again and haven't really found anything that
> seems comparable to Xselerator. Any suggestions?

Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 allows you to run and debug stylesheets with
XslCompiledTransform.
I don't know how it compares to XSelerator.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Joe Fawcett

unread,

Jun 27, 2008, 8:44:31 AM6/27/08

to

"Martin Honnen" <maho...@yahoo.de> wrote in message
news:eEu5YaE2...@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

You'd have to check but I don't think the XSLT debugging is available in the
Express versions though.
Other possibilities are Altova's XmlSpy and oXygen.

--

Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
http://joe.fawcett.name

Kindler Chase

unread,

Jun 27, 2008, 2:51:44 PM6/27/08

to

Joe Fawcett wrote:
> "Martin Honnen" <maho...@yahoo.de> wrote in message
> news:eEu5YaE2...@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Kindler Chase wrote:
>>
>>> I'm starting to write XSL again and haven't really found anything
>>> that seems comparable to Xselerator. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 allows you to run and debug stylesheets
>> with XslCompiledTransform.
>> I don't know how it compares to XSelerator.
>>

> You'd have to check but I don't think the XSLT debugging is available in
> the Express versions though.
> Other possibilities are Altova's XmlSpy and oXygen.
>

I didn't realize VS had an XSLT editing environment (add that to the
list!). I'll take a look at what it can do.

Joe/Martin - are you using the built-in VS XSL editor? or a 3rd party
editor?

I've checked XmlSpy in the past and found it to be too much for my
needs. oXygen may be an option, but the price tag is a bit on the high
side.

Anyone have any experience with EditX:
http://www.editix.com/features/xslt_editor.html

Thanks!
::k::

Joe Fawcett

unread,

Jun 28, 2008, 4:48:52 AM6/28/08

to

"Kindler Chase" <support@DeLeTeMe-ncubed-dot-com> wrote in message
news:#VvBdbI2...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

I tend to use VS or XmlSpy if I'm doing XSLT 2.0. I have yet to try the
XmlSpy VS plug-in.
I'm happy working with text representation rather than "WYSIWYG" editors so
all I need is the ability to run a transform and set debug points.

DataDirect Technologies

unread,

Jun 30, 2008, 9:54:42 AM6/30/08

to

Try the Stylus Studio XSLT Editor - for more information visit:
http://www.stylusstudio.com/xslt_editor.html

Sincerely,

The Stylus Studio Team
http://www.stylusstudio.com