Subject: RE: [xsl] xml-stylesheet p.i. and other options From: "Andrew Welch" <awelch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:33:06 +0100 |
(sorry to join thread half-way through) When serving xml over the web, the limitations of hard-coding a stylesheet using the pi are obvious. To get around this, you can point to a function instead that will decide which stylesheet to serve with the xml, based on the info available. As far as I can tell, this method works fine - so I dont really understand the discussion about the merits of the pi stylesheet (other than its use as a learning aid). Now a good use of the stylesheet pi would be if you could call a function directly, something like: <?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.mysite.com/getStyleSheet('thisxmlfilename')"?> ...which would return a path pointing to a stylesheet (and because it was instigated from the browser, I guess you get all the browser info as well (?) ). Just to help everyone through Monday- A friend I work with had some xml data all using the same xsl (wd-xsl as it happens) with a hard coded stylesheet link in the pi. When he discovered he needed to use a separate 'print' stylesheet, he realised he was a bit stuck. The solution he used was to write the xml to a temp file, search the file for its stylesheet pi, change it to 'print.xsl', save it and then run that (!) Suffice to say, we now use proper (or praapper for any cornishmen out there) xslt and no longer rely on the xml-stylesheet pi. cheers andrew --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.350 / Virus Database: 196 - Release Date: 17/04/2002 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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