[xsl] MSWOrd MSExcel & PDF

[P Vikram <vikram_good_boy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all

I have the following requirements to be done thru XSL.
1) Open MS WOrd Doc.(Static)
2) Open PDF Files.(Static)
3) Open MS excel files(Dynamic parameters passed to
them).

any pointers/material location on web will be very
helpfull.

Thanks

Vikram
--- Chris Bayes <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Or even just do something that would work
> function Fun(ctx) {
> 	var ipString = "";
> 	if (typeof(ctx) == "object"){
> 		if (ctx.length){
> 			ipString = ctx.nextNode.text;
> 		}else{
> 			return '';
> 		}
> 	}else{
> 		ipString = ctx;
> 	}
> 	var xml = new ActiveXObject("msxml2.domdocument");
> 	xml.loadXML(ipString);
> 	return xml.selectSingleNode("/");
> }
> 
> Ciao Chris
> 
> XML/XSL Portal
> http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of 
> > Chris Bayes
> > Sent: 26 October 2001 15:38
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [xsl] escaping from CDATA
> > 
> > 
> > > Within XPath and XSLT, a node-set consisting of
> a single text
> > > node can be used anywhere that a string is
> expected. But not 
> > > when you call JavaScript; your JavaScript
> function is 
> > > expecting a string, and it doesn't know what to
> do if you 
> > > give it a node-set instead.
> > 
> > But that can easily be fixed in all cases with
> something like this. 
> > 
> >     function Fun(ctx) {
> > 		vat ipString = "";
> > 		if (typeof(ctx) == "object"){
> > 		   if (ctx.length){
> > 			for (var i=0; i < 1; i++){
> > 				ctxN  = ctx.item(i);
> > 				if (ctxN.nodeType == 1)
> > 					ipString +=  _wander(ctxN);
> > 				if (ctxN.nodeType == 2)
> > 					ipString += ctxN.nodeValue;
> > 			}
> > 		   }else{
> > 			return '';
> > 		   }
> > 		}else{
> > 			ipString = ctx;
> > 		}
> > 		var xml = new
> ActiveXObject("msxml2.domdocument");
> > 		xml.loadXML(ipString);
> > 		return xml.selectSingleNode("/");
> >    }
> > function   _wander(ctx){
> > 	var retStr = "";
> > 	for (var i=0; i < ctx.childNodes.length; i++){
> > 		ctxN = ctx.childNodes[i];
> > 		switch(ctxN.nodeType){
> > 			case 1:
> > 				retStr +=   _wander(ctxN);
> > 				break;
> > 			case 3:
> > 				retStr += ctxN.nodeValue;
> > 				break;
> > 			default:
> > 				break;
> > 		}
> > 	}
> > 	return retStr;
> > }
> > 
> > Which says if the argument is type object then it
> is either 
> > an attribute node so use that value or an
> element/nodelist so 
> > wander the subtree getting the string value, else
> the 
> > argument is a string so use that. The _wander
> function 
> > probably isn't needed in this case and you could
> just use 
> > ipString += ctxN.nodeValue; but it allows
> situation like
> > 
> > <parts><![CDATA[<element>]]>
> > <part1>
> > <![CDATA[<element
> attr="100"><a>100</a><b>200</b></element>]]>
> > </part1>
> > <part2>
> > <![CDATA[<element
> attr="100"><a>100</a><b>200</b></element>]]>
> > </part2>
> > <![CDATA[</element>]]></parts>
> > 
> > If anyone is perverse enough to want to do that.
> > If you are limiting to one cdata then you could
> just do
> > 
> > function Fun(ctx) {
> > 	var ipString = "";
> > 	if (typeof(ctx) == "object"){
> > 		if (ctx.length){
> > 			ipString = ctxN.nodeValue;
> > 		}else{
> > 			return '';
> > 		}
> > 	}else{
> > 		ipString = ctx;
> > 	}
> > 	var xml = new
> ActiveXObject("msxml2.domdocument");
> > 	xml.loadXML(ipString);
> > 	return xml.selectSingleNode("/");
> > }
> > 
> > That way you can pass any type and not have to
> worry about 
> > converting it to a string first.
> > 
> > Ciao Chris
> > 
> > XML/XSL Portal
> > http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml
> > 
> > 
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