Universal XSLT

[jteich]

The one-fits-all XSLT for FileMaker.
   
Transforms arbitrary XML grammars and namespaces
into FileMaker records. Every textnode or attribute one
record.
 

http://jensteich.de/fmfaq/export/universal-xslt-fur-den-import-beliebiger-xml-daten/

[Bob Minteer]

What is the "use case" for this sort of import ?  

 

I (direct) import LOTS of of XML via XSLT from web services and I am interested in where this sort of import is useful.

 

It seems that you are still left having to parse data that can be imported into fields.   That, of course assuming you create custom XSLT for the schema of the incoming data.

 

regards...

 

Bob

[jteich]

Of course parsing has to be done in FM with this method. With a custom XSLT you are better off.

 

~jens

[bruceR]

Interesting. For instance, you can use it on a FileMaker DDR file and get back Path, Node, Value, Type for the contents of the DDR.