Joe, thanks for that. 
I have given up on using XSLT and instead knocked up a small C# utility that 
reads XML and generates basic aspx files for form view and create new form.
Regards, Major.

"Joe Fawcett" wrote:

> "Mr Major Thorburn" <MrMajorThorburn@d...> wrote in 
> message news:E093965D-09B5-4BD5-ACE4-6772CA867178@m......
> >I have some forms whose structure is captured in schemas and for which I 
> >have
> > generated xml samples.
> > I need to develop two types of aspx web pages, one for viewing the data 
> > the
> > other for editing or entering the data. I was thinking I may be able to 
> > use
> > XSLT but seem to have come across a few restrictions and have been 
> > struggling
> > to make any progress.
> >
> > Has anyone does this before?
> >
> > If so are you able to let me have a copy of what you did?
> >
> > Otherwise I will carry on through the learning curve so will be back here
> > for help.
> >
> > Regards, Major.
> > p.s. Major is my Christian name ;-)
> 
> It's very awkward, aspx are not XML. The best I have managed is to create an 
> intermediate file that is then transformed to aspx. You can use the virtual 
> path provider in asp.net to help with this.
> I have petitioned Micrsoft to provide an alternative format for aspx, e.g. 
> <% %> can be written as <asp:script></asp:script> etc.
> 
> 
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> 
> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
> http://joe.fawcett.name
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