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Passing parameters from ASP to XSL
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- Subject: [xsl] Passing parameters from ASP to XSL
- From: junx at gmx dot de
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 03:02:52 +0100 (MET)
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Hi there,
I'm fairly new to XSL and ASP, too. After hours, I managed to transform a
XML document into an HTML document using ASP and XSL. Now, I'm trying to pass a
parameter from the ASP to the XSL-File (background: I have an article in the
XML-File and I want to render only one page at a time to the browser, the
parameter will specify which page). I've got two problems:
First, I tried an example from the mulberry list archive, but it doesn't
work from ASP-side.
Set template=createObject("MSXML2.XSLTemplate")
Set template.stylesheet=addRecordFilter
Set processor=template.createProcessor
processor.input=stubDoc
for each qs in Request.QueryString()
processor.AddParameter qs,Request.QueryString(qs)
next
In the second line of code, the processor says, that an object is needed.
Second, I'm using PWE and MSXML3 to do the transformations. I used the
namespace http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl and it works fine, renders a ToC and
highlights one of the items, selected by and constant integer (this will be replaced
by the passed parameter, I thought):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<HTML xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl";>
<HEAD>
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="style.css"/>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<!-- CUT THE TOC FROM HERE ON -->
<UL ID="toc">
<xsl:for-each select="article/chapter">
<LI>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="context()[2]">
<SPAN>
<xsl:attribute
name="class">subtitle_small_active</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="title"/>
</SPAN>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<A>
<xsl:attribute name="class">subtitle_small</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute
name="HREF">#H<xsl:eval>formatIndex(childNumber(this),"1")</xsl:eval></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="title"/>
</A>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</LI>
</xsl:for-each>
</UL>
<!-- TOC ENDS HERE -->
</BODY>
</HTML>
I've read, that passing parameters are only working with the namespace
http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Tranform, but if I change the namespace to this, it
says, that I cannot use HTML within this namespace. If I use <xsl:param> within
the namespace given in the sample source above, it says, that I may not use
the <xsl:param>. Frustrating, I think.
I think, I need a good pointer into the right direction now. What do I have
to change to insert a param into the xsl and how do I add the parameter's
value from the ASP's side? Any examples on the web that will run on my Personal
Web Server and MSXML3? I have to use these tools because of an assessment for
my university.
Any comments are highly appreciated
yours
Sebastian Will
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