Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - DOM Reference

ontransformnode Event

Fires before the style sheet is applied to a node.

Important   The ontransformnode event does not fire on DOMDocument for style sheets using the XSLT namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform". It does, however, fire on DOMDocument for style sheets using the XSL namespace "http://www.w3.org/XSL/Transform/1.0" or where MSXML 3.0 is installed you use "http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl" to declare the older XSL namespace .
[Script]

Script Syntax

boolVal = ontransformnode(nodeCode, nodeData);

Parameters

nodeCode
The indicator of the current node in the style sheet.
nodeData
The indicator of the current node in the XML source data.

Return Value

True to indicate that transformation processing is to continue; False to indicate that transformation processing should stop.

[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

boolVal = ontransformnode(nodeCode, nodeData)

Parameters

nodeCode
The indicator of the current node in the style sheet.
nodeData
The indicator of the current node in the XML source data.

Return Value

True to indicate that transformation processing is to continue; False to indicate that transformation processing should stop.

[Script]

Example

In this example, the XML data island named "target" contains the XML source data, and the XML data island named "ss" contains the XSL Transformations (XSLT) style sheet.

<XML id="target">
  <PEOPLE>
    <PERSON name="Atkinson, Teresa"  />
    <PERSON name="Debroux, Steve" />
    <PERSON name="O'Hara, Robert" />
    <PERSON name="Porzuczek, Peter" />
  </PEOPLE>
</XML>
<XML id="ss">
  <xsl:template match="/" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/XSL/Transform/1.0">
    <xsl:for-each select="/PEOPLE/PERSON/@name" >   
      <P><xsl:value-of /></P>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>
</XML>

Example

This script contains the Verify function, which sets the ontransformnode property to the event handler, onxform. The event handler is called before the transformation operation on each node so that, given the sample data provided in the data islands, this sample calls the alert several times.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" FOR="window" EVENT="onload">
document.expando = false;
Verify();
</SCRIPT>
<Script LANGUAGE="javascript">
function onxform ( code, doc ) {
  alert("Target document node being transformed:\n\n" + doc.xml +
    "\n\nStylesheet node used for the transform:\n\n" + code.xml);
  if (doc.value == "O'Hara, Robert") 
   return false;  // Stop processing.
  else
   return true;
}
function Verify() {
  target.ontransformnode = onxform;
  var sOut = target.XMLDocument.transformNode(ss.XMLDocument);
  div.innerHTML += sOut;
}
</Script>
<DIV id="div"></DIV>
</BODY>
</HTML>

The return value from the event handler indicates whether to continue processing. In this example, the event handler checks for a particular data value and returns the value "false" to stop transformation processing.

[C/C++]

C/C++Syntax

HRESULT ontransformnode(
    IXMLDOMNode *pCode,
    IXMLDOMNode *pData,
    VARIANT vBool);

Parameters

pCode [in]
The address of the current node in the XSL style sheet.
pData [in]
The address of the current node in the XML source data.
vBool [out, retval]
Boolean. True if transformation processing is to continue; False to stop transformation processing.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK
The value returned if successful.

Remarks

The event handler for this event can be explicitly set using the ontransformnode property.

This member is an extension of the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM).

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See Also

ontransformnode Property

Applies to: DOMDocument