# How Can I display XML file?

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**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-display-xml-file/112400 "2007-08-18T12:21:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zhan\_feng\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a88e57/32.png) [@Zhan\_feng\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zhan_feng_W)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-display-xml-file/112400/1 "2007-08-18T12:21:49Z")

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Hi,friends,  
I have a XML string, such as xs="\<?xml version='1.0' ?\>\<test1  
1/\>\<test2 2/\>",how can I display(current window or a new window)  
it as XML like:  
−  
 1   
 2   
\</testh  
I wrote as following, but do not work:  
print “\<script language=“javascript”\>\nfunction t(){\n”  
print “document.write(’”,xs,"’);\n"  
print “}\nt();\n”  
or as:  
print “\n”  
print “winx=open(’’,‘XML’,‘menubar,scrollbars,resizeable’);\n”  
print “winx.document.writeln(‘xs’);\n”

Anyone knows it?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Zhan\_feng\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a88e57/32.png) [@Zhan\_feng\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zhan_feng_W)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-display-xml-file/112400/2 "2007-08-18T12:23:23Z")

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the xml string is xs="\<?xml version='1.0' ?\> 1  
 2 "

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Zhan\_feng\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a88e57/32.png) [@Zhan\_feng\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zhan_feng_W)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-display-xml-file/112400/3 "2007-08-18T16:05:48Z")

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Zhan feng Wang a écrit :

> ```
> print "document.write('",xs,"');\n"
> print "}\nt();</script>\n"
> 
> ```
> 
> or as:  
> print “\n”  
> print “winx=open(’’,‘XML’,‘menubar,scrollbars,resizeable’);\n”  
> print “winx.document.writeln(‘xs’);\n”
> 
> Anyone knows it?  
> Thanks  
> You can use the Builder gem, to generate an indented xml stream.

Stef

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**Author:** ![Zhan\_feng\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a88e57/32.png) [@Zhan\_feng\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zhan_feng_W)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-display-xml-file/112400/4 "2007-08-18T16:20:49Z")

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Zhan feng Wang wrote:

> I have a XML string, such as xs="\<?xml version='1.0' ?\>\<test1  
> 1/\>\<test2 2/\>",how can I display(current window or a new window)  
> it as XML like:  
> ?  
> 1   
> 2

Use XSLT to convert the XML to XHTML describing the XML. This is a  
common  
XSLT application, and you should be able to find a sample script showing  
how.