RE: integrate a special link

Subject: RE: integrate a special link
From: "Moss, Jeff (MBWAR it)" <Jeff.Moss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:41:20 +0100
Nic

On the ActiveX front we can't use anything else as our needs are very
bespoke (the activex builds a microsoft powerpoint presentation from the IE5
browser - so it does OLE stuff which isn't gonna be easy/nice with
Netscape). Don't get me wrong though - I'm not particularly an MS fan!

My data is derived from a database via an SQL query - it is then pulled down
to the client as raw XML with a reference to a stylesheet it should use to
format it - I wanted to use XML/XSL to demonstrate it's power on the client
(IE5) so don't really want to make this a HTML thing as it kinda defeats the
purpose of the exercise - we've got plenty of dynamically generated HTML
stuff within the applications we produce.

For our needs it works fine with IE5 - I only use sorting/filtering in the
XSL so it's basic stuff.

I'll bear your thoughts in mind as I try to learn for the future though.

Cheers
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Miloslav Nic [mailto:nicmila@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 August 1999 10:19
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: integrate a special link


IE5 has implemented an old draft. The current one significantly differs. 
Do not forgett that XSL is work in progress. Therefore I am using
following strategy:
prepare XML files, generate HTML files from them with XT
(http://www.jclark.com, the program is maintained by J. Clark,
coordinator of XSL(T) efforts). Then publish HTML files. It probably
does not look elegant, but:

I do not depend so strongly on browsers of  users (of course you have to
make compromises, the tutorial cannot work without javascript). 
If anything changes, I can do it off-line and then upload everything
when tested.

Do not forgett, XSL is a very new technology, you can expect bugs in
servers which generate pages on the fly. 

HTML is old and tested. And if you rely on AciveX, many users including
me can not read your pages. I do not want ActiveX on my computer.

I hope it helps.

"Moss, Jeff (MBWAR it)" wrote:
> 
> Nic
> 
> I've only just gotten into XML/XSL but have implemented the technology in
an
> application I'm working on (thanks to your helpful examples stuff) a
simple
> XML download with a simple XSL to allow ordering/filtering of the data
> within the IE5 browser (our choice by necessity since the core of our
> application uses a couple of powerful ActiveX components).
> 
> Whilst, I'm worried by your comment that I'm starting to learn something
> which is outdated, I'm also confused as to how you use your XML/XSL
> stuff....What browser do you use to recieve the XML and apply the XSL
> stylesheet ? If not a browser then what ?
> 
> Cheers
> Jeff Moss
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miloslav Nic [mailto:nicmila@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 August 1999 08:06
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: integrate a special link
> 
> If I can offer an advice, do not use IE5. The standard has shifted
> substantially.
> You are working hard on something which will be of no use in half a
> year.
> 
> The newest draft is quite stable. I had to make only small changes in
> going to the latest one (XPath notation), but they were trivial.
> 
> I am using XT all the time, it is stable, reliable and includes very
> quicly the latest changes. What more can you wish from a program which
> implements a draft?
> 
> "f.merle" wrote:
> >
> > I have tried this but I use IE5 to display my xml and I can't use
> > xsl:element (I work with the draft of december). Is there another
> solution??
> >
> > > You can create an element in your xsl stylesheet:
> > >
> > > <xsl:element name="a">
> > >         <xsl:attribute name="href">filename.htm</xsl:attribute>
> > >         <xsl:text>clickable text</xsl:text>
> > > </xsl:element>
> > >
> > > Hope this helps, Linda
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: f.merle [mailto:f.merle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 4:25 PM
> > > To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: integrate a special link
> > >
> > > I would like to have on my result page a link that I put in my xsl
page
> > > (I don't want to put this in my xml). Is there a possibility to add
text
> > > in my xsl which will appear on my result page and not written in my
xml
> > > page??
> > >
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> > >
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> >
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> 
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