RE: [xsl] how to insert/include the text/data in a separate (butlocal) .css file into an HTML O/P using XSL

Subject: RE: [xsl] how to insert/include the text/data in a separate (butlocal) .css file into an HTML O/P using XSL
From: "SANWAL, ABHISHEK (HP-Houston)" <abhishek.sanwal@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 13:05:09 -0500
True. At the moment for separation and simplicity I am keeping it a pure
CSS file.

Eventually, I think I will write a CSS.XML and write a stylesheet that
picks it up and converts it.

I guess I will have to manually paste the CSS into the XSL-HTML or use
an extension function for now (maybe MSXML 4 will make this easier).

Any other ideas to import the text from a .css file would be welcome. :)

Thanks,

Abhishek Sanwal
HP - Houston Campus
abhishek.sanwal@xxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Brook Ellingwood [mailto:brook@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:39 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] how to insert/include the text/data in a separate
(butlocal) .css file into an HTML O/P using XSL

Can't you just store the .css in an XML file?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<css>
    <style>foo</style>
    <style>bar</style>
</css>

and then add it to the <head> using <xsl:template
match="dacument('css.xml')/css/style">, or does it absolutely have to be
a
standalone .css file that gets included? If so, you could also write a
simple XSL that would generate the .css file, so you'd only have to
maintain
the data in css.xml.

-- Brook

> From: "SANWAL, ABHISHEK (HP-Houston)" <abhishek.sanwal@xxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:52:26 -0500
> To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [xsl] how to insert/include the text/data in a separate (but
local)
> .css file into an HTML O/P using XSL
> 
> I am curious as to how I can add the .css material from a separate
.css
> file into the HTML <HEAD></HEAD> .
> 
> Originally I was adding a <LINK> to an external css.
> But I am thinking it would better to embed the CSS stuff into the
> <STYLE>
> <!--
> ....X.....
> -->
> </STYLE>
> 
> of the output HTML.
> 
> Now in the place of X I would like to simply enter the entire material
> from the .CSS file using XSL/XML.
> 
> Reason why I need to do this:
> 1. Independent CSS file that can be independently edited and modified
> (inserted into the O/P on the fly)
> 2. Embedding the CSS stuff instead of linking to an external file will
> allow us to e-mail the outputs out to people without having to worry
> about multiple files or linking to an external .CSS
> 
> I tried and <xsl:include> and <xsl:import> don't work.
> 
> I read some stuff about using XML include but I am not really sure how
I
> can do this to "GET" external text file.
> 
> Better ways of doing this ?
> Suggestions please ?
> 
> Abhishek Sanwal
> HP - Houston Campus
> abhishek.sanwal@xxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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