Re: [xsl] xsl:include statement is "unexpected element".

[Tim Hibbs <xsl.posting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lionel,

At this point, I'm limited to XSLT 1.0. We have another project on the
horizon, though, that may allow us to purchase an XSLT 2.0-compliant
processor, so your comments are of value.

Thanks for the response and willingness to help.

Tim

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Lionel Villard <villardml@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tim,
>
>> Is there a way to package and include templates at a level lower than
>> child-of-stylesheet-or-transform?
>
> it seems that you are looking for conditional stylesheet inclusion,
> which can't be done in XSLT 1.0.
>
> This is possible in XSLT 2.0 though:
>
> <xsl:include href="module-A.xsl" use-when="system-
> property('xsl:vendor')='vendor-A'"/>
>
> More information there: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#conditional-inclusion
>
> Lionel
>
>
> On Mar 11, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Tim Hibbs wrote:
>
>> Martin -
>>
>> Ah HA!
>>
>> I have it several levels down, which is undoubtedly the problem:
>> <xsl:stylesheet>...
>> B <xsl:template>...
>> B  B  <xsl:if>...
>> B  B  B  B <xsl:include>...
>>
>> It must be a child, and not a descendant, apparently. Thank you.
>>
>> Is there a way to package and include templates at a level lower than
>> child-of-stylesheet-or-transform?
>>
>> Very much appreciate the help.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tim Hibbs wrote:
>>>
>>>> Attempting my first use of <xsl:include> as <xsl:include
>>>> href="calledTemplatesFO/ct_AddTableHeader.xsl">. XML Spy indicates the
>>>> file
>>>> is not valid, with the note
>>>> "Unexpected element
>>>> xsl:include"
>>>>
>>>> Including file starts thusly:
>>>>
>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>>> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="
>>>> http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; B xmlns:fo="
>>>> http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"; xmlns:frq="
>>>> http://www.fedex.com/schemas/freightRateQuotation";
>>>> exclude-result-prefixes="frq">
>>>
>>> Where exactly have you placed the xsl:include?
>>> It needs to be a child of the xsl:stylesheet root element.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> B  B  B  Martin Honnen
>>> B  B  B  http://msmvps.com/blogs/martin_honnen/