RE: [xsl] Getting a difinitive answer on XSL & Cookies

[<Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> I know that this question may have been done to death on many
> different
> levels, but I was hoping I could get a definitive answer on this
> question, so here goes...
>
> Question:
> Can cookie data be read anywhere in an XSL stylesheet during
> transformation? If so, how?

With an extension, custom URIResolver, or by passing it in as a parameter.

> Additional:
> I know that errors can occur from JavaScript due to typecast
> problems,
> so would using VBScript in its place be of any use? I'm using

Didn't JavaScript have a try-catch statement?

> the MSXSL
> parser, so this isn't a problem. Also, i've figured out how
> to run the
> VBScript during transformation using "msxsl:script" correctly; my
> current problem comes from not being able to access the
> "document.cookie" during transformation to obtain the cookie
> data. This
> is of course because the document hasn't been generated yet,
> but can the
> cookie data be accessed another way?

If you can read it in your script, pass it in as a parameter.

Cheers,

Jarno - Das Ich: Destillat (VNV Nation remix)