RE: [xsl] another href question

["Clapham, Paul" <pclapham at core-mark dot com>]

<xsl:element name="a"> produces an <a> element, and <xsl:attribute
name="href"> provides it with an href attribute.  So the result of this,
using the HTML output method, is

<a href="ContactUs.xsl">Contact Us</a>

which is what you want, isn't it?

In fact you can write it that way (<a href=...>) instead of the way you
wrote it.  You'd only need to use the xsl:element form if your href
attribute or your text was the result of a template or some other complex
formulation.

PC2

-----Original Message-----
From: Turner, Althea [mailto:Althea.Turner@SUMMITSITE.COM]
Sent: March 23, 2001 16:14
To: 'XSL-List@lists.mulberrytech.com'
Subject: [xsl] another href question


hello all,

I have a fairly (actually very new) newbie question to put to you good
folks.  I have checked the FAQ and archives and haven't found the answer to
my question.  I am trying to make text link from one xsl page to another.  I
can link just fine to an html page.  I have found the following bit of code
and think I am getting close to a solution.  

<!-- test for linking text   -->
         <xsl:element name="a">
         <xsl:attribute 
              name="href">ContactUs.xsl</xsl:attribute>
         <xsl:text>Contact Us</xsl:text>
         </xsl:element>

My question is this:  What should be in place of "a"?  Elsewhere in our
docs, the "name" refers to a java class.  Do I need to have a java class for
href?  What am I not comprehending here?  I'm fairly sure that Xlink is
overkill for making simple text links.  

Please be gentle, I'm new to XSL.  Thanks!

Althea Turner
Summit Information Services
541-758-5888 x 6902

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