Extending XSLT with C#, Visual Basic .NET and JScript

Altsoft XML2PDF Formatting Engine is based on the Microsoft .NET XML parser and supports all its standard XSLT extensions with C#, Visual Basic .NET and JScript.

To use your own custom XSLT extension function you need to:

declare the prefix for your extension function(s) using URL “urn:the-xml-files:xslt”. For example:
```
<xsl:stylesheet ... xmlns:my="urn:the-xml-files:xslt" ...>
```

declare the namespace ms for Microsoft XSLT extensions:

<xsl:stylesheet ... xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" ...>

add a C# (VB.NET or JScript) code inside <ms:script> element:

<ms:script language="C#" implements-prefix="my">
<![CDATA[
   String Date()
   {
      return DateTime.Now.ToString(
        "dd. MMMM, yyyy", 
        new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("nl-BE") );
   }
]]>
</ms:script>

use the declared function anywhere in you code. For example:
```
<xsl:value-of select="my:Date()"/>
```

Please refer to the Extending XSLT with C# sample for more samples and to the “Extending XSLT with JScript, C#, and Visual Basic .NET” article in MSDN Magazine for technical details.