(solution) Re: XSL help

[Jon Stevens <jo...@latchkey.com>]

on 11/20/2000 8:15 PM, "Jon Stevens" <jo...@latchkey.com> wrote:

> foo.xml:
> <document baseImagesDirectory="..">
> <body>
> <img src="foo.gif">
> </body>
> </document>
> 
> my.xsl:
> <xsl:template match="document">
> <xsl:apply-templates select="body/*"/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="img">
> <img src="{$baseImagesDirectory}/{@src}"/>
> </xsl:template>

Ok, here is the solution to pass the variable "image-path" all over the
kingdom:

foo.xml:
<document images="..">
    <body>
        <img src="foo.gif">
    </body>
</document>

my.xsl:
<xsl:template match="document">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="body/*">
        <xsl:with-param name="image-path" select="@images"/>
    </xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="body/*">
    <xsl:param name="image-path"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates>
        <xsl:with-param name="image-path" select="$image-path"/>
    </xsl:apple-templates>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="img">
    <xsl:param name="image-path"/>
    <img src="{$image-path}/{@src}"/>
</xsl:template>

many thanks to "steve" who helped me in private email. essentially, the
problem was that i didn't have a template match for "body/*".

If this is any sort of hint, I think that whomever defines XSL should make
this a bit more intelligent. This is a major PITA. I should at least be able
to define a "global" <xsl:variable> within an <xsl:template> that can then
be used in any another <xsl:template>. That would make life SO much easier.

I could never see a template designer using this XSL stuff. I'm sorry, but
this is way to complicated and convoluted. :-(

thanks,

-jon

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