[xsl] Passing a Parameter to XSL from an ASPX page

Subject: [xsl] Passing a Parameter to XSL from an ASPX page
From: Riju Abraham <R.Abraham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:37:07 +0300
Hi 
   Can some one help me with how to pass a parameter froom an aspx page to
an xsl file to do the dynamic sorting .
I have done it ..but I am not able to create the MSXML2.XSLTemplate.
If I run the page I am getting the error "The xsltemplate object is null or
empty".

Can some one help me out of this...

Thanx in advance..

ASPX Page 
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<script language="javascript">

var strXMLFileName,strXSLFileName;
var objXMLDoc,objXSLDoc,objXSLTemplateNae;
var currentSortDirection="ascending";
var currentSortCol="";
strXMLFileName="KSAArea.xml";
strXSLFileName="KSAArea.xsl";
 
function OnInitPage()
 {
 	objXMLDoc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument");
	//objXMLDoc.async = false;
	//This is necessary to use XPath in selectSingleNode and selectNodes
methods
	// For backwards compatibility, XSL Patterns are default.
	//objXMLDoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath");
	//objXMLDoc.resolveExternals = false;
	//objXMLDoc.validateOnParse = false;
	objXMLDoc.load(strXMLFileName);    
	objXSLDoc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.FreeThreadedDomDocument");

	//objXSLDoc.async = false;
	//objXSLDoc.resolveExternals = false;
	//objXMLDoc.validateOnParse = false;
	objXSLDoc.load(strXSLFileName);
		
	window.alert(strXSLFileName);	
	window.alert("Inside InitPage 1"); 	    
      objXSLTemplate = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XSLTemplate");
      //Here I am getting the ERROR .The OBJXSLTemplate object is NUll or
empty..
    window.alert("Inside InitPage 2");
	objXSLTemplate.stylesheet = objXSLDoc;	    	    	
    window.alert("Inside InitPage3"); 
    ClickedMe("Area");
    }    
    
 function ClickedMe(strSort)
 { 
   var objXSLProcessor;
   window.alert("UserClicked on 1 " + strSort);   
   objXSLProcessor=objXSLTemplate.createProcessor();
   window.alert("UserClicked on 2 " + strSort);
   objXSLProcessor.input=objXMLDoc;
   window.alert("UserClicked on 3 " + strSort);
   objXSLProcessor.addParameter("sortBy",strSort);
   window.alert("UserClicked on 4 " + strSort);       
 } 
 window.onload=OnInitPage; 
</script>

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The XSL FILE

<xsl:transform version="1.0"
    xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'
    xmlns:msxsl ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt">    
    <xsl:output method="html"></xsl:output>         
    <xsl:param name ="sortBy">country</xsl:param>
    <xsl:template match="/"> 
    <html>
    <body>
    <div align ="left">
     Sort By:       
       <xsl:value-of select="$sortBy"></xsl:value-of>
    </div>   
    <table width="210" border="2pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" 
	bordercolor="#dddddd" style="border-collapse:collapse;">	
	<tr bgcolor="#9acd32">		
		<th align="Left"><a class="clickanchor"
onclick="ClickedMe('Country');" >Country</a></th>        
		<th align="Left"><a class="clickanchor"
onclick="ClickedMe('AreaCode');" >AreaCode</a></th> 
		<th align="Left"><a class="clickanchor"
onclick="ClickedMe('AreaDescription');">AreaDescription</a></th>

	</tr>	
	
	<xsl:for-each  select ='locations/area'>	
	<xsl:sort select="areadescription"/>
		<tr>			
			<td class="Normal">
				<center>
					<xsl:value-of select ='country'/>
				</center>
			</td>
			<td class="Normal">
				<center>
					<xsl:value-of select ='areacode'/>
				</center>
			</td>
			<td class="Normal">
				<left>
					<xsl:value-of select
='areadescription'/>
				</left>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</xsl:for-each>
      </table>
      </body>
      </html>
      </xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>





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