RE: [xsl] XMPSpy and Xalan

["Angel Gavin" <agavin@xxxxxx>]

Hi Maria and Wendell,

I am using Xalan from XMLSpy too, and it works fine as I explained in my
email (xalan -o %2 %1 %3)

Maybe the point is that I am using Xalan-C++ (32-bit Windows build, version
1.4.0), but not Xalan-J, as it seems to be your case. In that case, it would
be mainly an XMLSpy problem (it seems it cannot execute an XSLT engine
having the Java mahine in the middle!)

I do not know whether are there differences between them or not, whether it
is better to use one or the other, ... Nevertheless Xalan-C++ is by far much
efficient than Altova's XSLT engine and it works fine for the kind of
"situations" I use to tackle. If you have problems to set-up Xalan-J in
XMLSpy, maybe you can give Xalan-C++ a try.

I hope this helps,
Regards / Saludos,
Angel



-----Original Message-----
From: Maria Amuchastegui [mailto:mamuchastegui@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 04 May 2005 20:20
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] XMPSpy and Xalan


I am able to invoke the transformation from the command line with the
following:

java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -IN C:\WEB-INF\xml\inbox.xml -XSL
C:\WEB-INF\xsl\en\0006\mail\current_activity.xsl -OUT
C:\Stylesheets\current_activity.html

However, when I configure XMLSpy with the following, I get an error message
that the syntax is incorrect
(xalan -o %2 %1 %3, where %1 equals XML input, %2 equals output, and %3
equals XSL):

xalan -o C:\Stylesheets\current_activity.html C:\WEB-INF\xml\inbox.xml
C:\WEB-INF\xsl\en\0006\mail\current_activity.xsl

xalan -IN C:\WEB-INF\xml\inbox.xml -XSL
C:\WEB-INF\xsl\en\0006\mail\current_activity.xsl -OUT
C:\Stylesheets\current_activity.html

Maria



-----Original Message-----
From: Wendell Piez [mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:27 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] XMPSpy and Xalan

At 09:37 AM 5/4/2005, it was written:
>Use the following menu: Tools -> Options and then the XSL tab. Check
>the "External XSL Transformation program" and enter the following
>command
>
>xalan -o %2 %1 %3
>
>This will work provided that xalan is in your PATH.

I'm not a regular Spy user, but to me this looks like the syntax for
invoking Saxon.

Wouldn't Xalan be invoked as

xalan -IN input.xml -XSL stylesheet.xsl -OUT output.file

?

(Unless "xalan" isn't just Xalan....)

It's worth checking if there's a problem.

Cheers,
Wendell


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