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Subject: Re: [xsl] Dynamic creation of frames & the data within
From: Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:09:34 +0000
Hi Linda,

> I am trying to create an page with 4 frames where one of the frames:
>   <FRAME marginwidth="20" marginheight="0" NORESIZE src=(??? - dynamic
data)>>
>
> The only way we've found to include dynamic data in SRC is:
>   <FRAME marginwidth="20" marginheight="0" NORESIZE src="javascript:
> '<HTML> . . . </HTML>'"
>
> Is there a better way to do this? Or another way to do this?

The way that I do this in the XSLTDoc application is to separate out
the transformations that create the frames into different XSLT
stylesheets; the separate transformations are scripted individually,
and called when the frameset is loaded, i.e.:

  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      function populateFrames() {
        // load the frames
      }
    </script>
  </head>
  <frameset rows="30%,*" onload="populateFrames()">
    <frameset cols="30%,*">
      <frame name="importFrame" />
      <frame name="summaryFrame" />
    </frameset>
    <frameset cols="60%,*">
      <frame name="sourceFrame" />
      <frame name="notesFrame" />
    </frameset>
  </frameset>

Loading the frames involves loading in DOMs, creating XSLT Processors,
setting parameters and so on, all by hand.  You then have to write the
output from the XSLT Processor into the frame using something like:

  frame.document.write(XSLTProcessor.output);

I'm not sure that this is the best way of doing it, and it involves a
lot of scripting, but it is fairly flexible when it comes to changing
the content of the frames independently. I've been rejigging XSLTDoc a
bit since I put it on my site, but you can download it from
http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/utilities/XSLTDoc.zip, or let me know
if you'd like to see the most recent version.
  
I hope that gives you some ideas,

Jeni

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Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/



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