Re: [xsl] Calling Web Service Method from XSLT.

["bryan rasmussen" <rasmussen.bryan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just do as Michael Kay said, and use the document function, as follows:

<xsl:template match="/">
<result><xsl:copy-of
select="document('http://localhost/abcservices/abc.asmx?GetHTML')/*"/></resul
t>
</xsl:template>



On 4/12/06, saurabh lakhia <saurabhlakhia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This function is getting nothing but screen scrapping
> of some other website, thats why it is returning HTML
> and yes it is well formed, It would be helpful if you
> have any example of using document function and also
> if you have any example of calling external script and
> returning xhtml, I know I am asking too much. I would
> really appreciate your reply.
>
>
> --- bryan rasmussen <rasmussen.bryan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Is that webservice uri a get or a post, the uri
> > itself would suggest a
> > Get (get is even in the querystring after all) if it
> > is a Get then if
> > the html returned by the service (and why would a
> > service return
> > html?!?) is well formed then the document function
> > should work, if it
> > is not well formed then you would still need to use
> > an extension
> > function, call the html tidy com object
> > http://users.rcn.com/creitzel/tidy.html#comatl and
> > then tidy the html
> > before passing it to your xslt. As a general rule I
> > would not do this
> > as an extension function inside the xslt but as a
> > function in a script
> > or application calling the xslt.
> >
> > If the web service uses Post then you will need to
> > keep on doing it
> > the way you've been doing it, although I would
> > suggest moving the
> > extension function to an external script and passing
> > the returned
> > (x)html to the xslt in that way.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Bryan Rasmussen
> >
> > On 4/12/06, saurabh lakhia <saurabhlakhia@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am displaying web page with XML and XSL, where
> > some
> > > part of the data I am getting from Web Service's
> > > method ,current code is using VBScript function to
> > > create XMLHTTPObject and sending request and
> > getting
> > > response back and that function is being called in
> > > XSLT itself. But now I do not want to use VBScript
> > > anymore, I would like to use XSLT itself to make a
> > > call to Web Service
> > > (http://localhost/abcservices/abc.asmx?GetHTML
> > > and I don't know how to do it.
> > >
> > > Question : How do i call WebService method which
> > > returns just HTML in XSLT?
> > >
> > > It would be very helpful if anyone can guide me on
> > the
> > > same.
> >
> >
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Saurabh Lakhia
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