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RE: XSL: using document()
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL: using document()
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:56:41 -0000
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> I have the following xsl code:
>
> ...
> <xsl:apply-templates select="document($file)" mode="translate">
> <xsl:with-param name="param1" select="$value"/>
> </xsl:apply-templates>
>
> And the following rule:
>
> <xsl:template match="*" mode="translate">
> <xsl:param name="param1"/>
> ...
> </xsl:template>
>
> The issue is, the parameter doesn't seem to be transmitted
> from the apply to the template.
The document() function selects a root node, so the built-in template for
the root node is being executed, this in turn calls your template rule for
match="*", but without passing on the parameters. Use
select="document($file)/*" to select the outermost element of the document
instead of the root.
Mike Kay
>
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