How the XML Web DataWindow works

The overall sequence of steps described in “How the Web DataWindow works” applies to all Web DataWindows. There are additional steps for the XML Web DataWindow, which generates DataWindow content, layout, and style separately at runtime and renders a fully functional DataWindow in XHTML.

Figure 9-4: XML Web DataWindow rendering

XML content is translated into XHTML with XSLT and CSS

You can customize each of these XML Web DataWindow components at design time using a custom XHTML export template in the Export Template view for XHTML. For information, see Chapter 11, “Working with XHTML Templates.” You can also use these templates with the XHTML RenderFormat.