Is there a way to programmatically convert a SQL Server query plan to an image?

Question

I'd like to be able to convert SQL Server query plans from XML to images. Ideally a vector format, but a bitmap would do.

Is there an open source library to do this? Or can I use one of the SQL Server Management Studio DLLs?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I have seen people do some pretty funky stuff with XSLT. The most impressive was a modifying CAD style XML output from one app to another for importing.

You could use XSLT to create WPF markup, or PostScript... There are a few options there...