SharpTools: HTTP, GET, POST, uploading files and cookie/session authentication in C#

SharpTools is a general tool library for C#. This release simplifies using HTTP GET, POST, uploading files and cookie persistence when writing .NET applications in C#.

XSL Date & Time Library

XSL Date & Time Library is an XSL stylesheet which provides various date and time functions for use within your own XSL stylesheets.

How to tidy up badly formatted XML with an XSL stylesheet

How do you turn this:

<broadcastScheduler><!-- ================================================================ --><!--
CURRENT SHOWS --><!-- ================================================================ --><recurr
ingBroadcast href="show-varee-season-2" indexStart="26" recurFrequency="14"><firstAirDate channel
="d2" date="2007-09-21T22:00:00-06:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="false"/><firstAirDate chan
nel="d1" date="2007-10-05T22:00:00+00:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/></recurringBroad
cast><recurringBroadcast href="show-dan-ascherl-season-1" indexStart="6" recurFrequency="1md"><fi
rstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-05-04T22:00:00+01:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/><
firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-05-04T22:00:00-05:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="true"/
><firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-05-18T22:00:00+01:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true
"/><firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-05-18T22:00:00-05:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="tr
ue"/></recurringBroadcast><recurringBroadcast href="show-bent-killer-season-1" indexStart="21" re
curFrequency="14"><firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-08-29T19:30:00+01:00" dstRules="eu" autom
aticStartup="true"/><firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-08-29T19:30:00-05:00" dstRules="us" aut
omaticStartup="true"/></recurringBroadcast><recurringBroadcast href="show-serge-season-1" indexSt
art="6" recurFrequency="7"><firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-05-04T22:00:00+02:00" dstRules="
eu" automaticStartup="true"/><firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-05-04T21:00:00-05:00" dstRules
="us" automaticStartup="true"/></recurringBroadcast><recurringBroadcast href="show-neil-bowles-se
ason-1" indexStart="15" recurFrequency="14"><firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-11-01T23:00:00+
01:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/><firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-11-01T23:00:0
0-05:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="true"/></recurringBroadcast>

into this:

<broadcastScheduler>
<!-- ================================================================ -->
<!-- CURRENT SHOWS -->
<!-- ================================================================ -->
  <recurringBroadcast href="show-varee-season-2" indexStart="26" recurFrequency="14">
    <firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-09-21T22:00:00-06:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="false"/>
    <firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-10-05T22:00:00+00:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/>
  </recurringBroadcast>
  <recurringBroadcast href="show-dan-ascherl-season-1" indexStart="6" recurFrequency="1md">
    <firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-05-04T22:00:00+01:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/>
    <firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-05-04T22:00:00-05:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="true"/>
    <firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-05-18T22:00:00+01:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/>
    <firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-05-18T22:00:00-05:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="true"/>
  </recurringBroadcast>
  <recurringBroadcast href="show-bent-killer-season-1" indexStart="21" recurFrequency="14">
    <firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-08-29T19:30:00+01:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/>
    <firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-08-29T19:30:00-05:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="true"/>
  </recurringBroadcast>
  <recurringBroadcast href="show-serge-season-1" indexStart="6" recurFrequency="7">
    <firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-05-04T22:00:00+02:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/>
    <firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-05-04T21:00:00-05:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="true"/>
  </recurringBroadcast>
  <recurringBroadcast href="show-neil-bowles-season-1" indexStart="15" recurFrequency="14">
    <firstAirDate channel="d1" date="2007-11-01T23:00:00+01:00" dstRules="eu" automaticStartup="true"/>
    <firstAirDate channel="d2" date="2007-11-01T23:00:00-05:00" dstRules="us" automaticStartup="true"/>
  </recurringBroadcast>

3,000 lines of the above was the horror I woke upto one day when PHP decided to stop formatting automated changes to our radio schedules properly. We need our schedules XML to be human-readable so I had to come up with a quick way to reformat it.

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