Saxon for XSLT 2.0

Author: Michael H. Kay

Documentation: http://saxon.sourceforge.net/

Saxon is an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents into HTML, text, or other XML document types.

Requirements

You need to install:

How do I install Saxon on my PC?

YOU DO NOT NEED TO INSTALL SAXON 8B!

XMLBlueprint XML Editor 4.2 (and up) will automatically install Saxon 8B.

If you are using XMLBlueprint XML Editor 4.1 or earlier you need to do the following:

  1. Make sure you have installed the Java Runtime Environment.
  2. Download http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/saxon/saxonb8-9-0-3j.zip.
  3. Unzip "saxonb8-9-0-3j.zip".
  4. Copy "saxon8.jar" and "saxon8-jdom.jar" to the Java Runtime "lib\ext" directory.

How do I install Saxon in XMLBlueprint?

To install Saxon in XMLBlueprint, do the following:

  1. Start XMLBlueprint XML Editor and click Tools > Customize Tools.
  2. Create a new tool by pressing the New button and fill in the following:

Name

Saxon 8B

Category

XSLTransform

Program

java net.sf.saxon.Transform

Parameters

"$(XML.Path)" "$(Path)"

Initial Directory

-- empty --

Show Errors

Output Window

Show Output

Output Window

How do I run Saxon in XMLBlueprint?

Open an XSLT document. Click Tools > Tools > Saxon 8B or press the Saxon 8B button on the Tools toolbar.