how 2 return xml dataset to non-.NET users, formatted in a table?

[Jason Shohet]

We have some services that return datasets. In asp.net datagrids they look
fine. But we have external users that want to use these same web services
from a GET, because they do not have a web-service enabled platform. The
returned dataset appears as straight XML to them (ugly), and they would like
a way to see it fomatted in a table.

Theoretically they could save the XML to a file, have an XSL page format it.
But this requires a step for a programmer to do this, every time they call
the service. They have a web application with framesets, and when they call
our web service with a GET, they want the result to appear in their frame
already formatted! I am wondering if the only way to do this is via some
middleware, ie, BizTalk etc? I'm at a loss.

Thanks,
Jason Shohet

[Keith Rains]

> Theoretically they could save the XML to a file, have an XSL page format
it.

In the above, replace "they" with "I," and you have your answer. :)


" Jason Shohet" <ash477@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> We have some services that return datasets. In asp.net datagrids they

look

> fine. But we have external users that want to use these same web

services

> from a GET, because they do not have a web-service enabled platform. The
> returned dataset appears as straight XML to them (ugly), and they would

like

> a way to see it fomatted in a table.
>
> Theoretically they could save the XML to a file, have an XSL page format

it.

> But this requires a step for a programmer to do this, every time they call
> the service. They have a web application with framesets, and when they

call

> our web service with a GET, they want the result to appear in their frame
> already formatted! I am wondering if the only way to do this is via some
> middleware, ie, BizTalk etc? I'm at a loss.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Shohet
>
>

[jason]

But this has to be in an automated fashion. Nobody here is going to
save each dataset that comes back from the service as XML, work on it
to make it look nice in XSL and send it to the consumer of the
service. There's no way to automate this process?

> > Theoretically they could save the XML to a file, have an XSL page format

> it.
>
> In the above, replace "they" with "I," and you have your answer. :)
>
>
> " Jason Shohet" <ash477@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uegVGLicDHA.3708@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> > We have some services that return datasets. In asp.net datagrids they

> look

> > fine. But we have external users that want to use these same web

> services

> > from a GET, because they do not have a web-service enabled platform. The
> > returned dataset appears as straight XML to them (ugly), and they would

> like

> > a way to see it fomatted in a table.
> >
> > Theoretically they could save the XML to a file, have an XSL page format

> it.

> > But this requires a step for a programmer to do this, every time they call
> > the service. They have a web application with framesets, and when they

> call

> > our web service with a GET, they want the result to appear in their frame
> > already formatted! I am wondering if the only way to do this is via some
> > middleware, ie, BizTalk etc? I'm at a loss.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason Shohet
> >
> >