Re: [xsl] reading link value from external xml file with variable

[Jarkko.Moilanen@xxxxxx]

Lainaus Joerg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>:

> Hello Jarkko,
> 
> you must use the extension function evaluate() for it. There is no other
> 
> possibility to evaluate an XPath expression dynamically.
> 
> Furthermore you have to process the string with a recursive template, so
> 
> that you have access to the substrings

So I can not use 
<a href="{xalan:evaluate($monthdec)}"> ?

Where $monthdec points to external variable, which reads
the final value from a external xml file.

Cheers,
Jarkko

> 
> 1. /cbroker/XMLServ/XMLHan?command=list&amp;period=
> 2. {/XDocList/@view}                                     => evaluate()
> 3. &amp;count=
> 4. {/XDocList/@offset}                                   => evaluate()
> 5. &amp;orderby=date&amp;status=1
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joerg
> 
> Jarkko.Moilanen@xxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I have a situation which I encountered this morning 
> > and I got stuck with it. 
> > 
> > I have a main xslt file into which I import other xslt files and
> > data from several xml files. 
> > 
> > The problem is generic linkvalue in the result html file.
> > In the main xslt file i have:
> > 
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
> > 	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> > 	
> > 	<xsl:import href="Sort_Notunsigned.xml" />
> > 	<xsl:import href="recent.xsl" />
> > 	<xsl:import href="statistics.xsl" />
> > 	<xsl:import href="viewcommands.xsl" />
> > 	<xsl:import href="sortcommands.xsl" />
> > 
> > Here the line where I import Sort_Notunsigned.xml contains
> > lines like this:
> > 
> >    <sortbydateasc>/cbroker/XMLServ/XMLHan?command=list&amp;
> >    period={/XDocList/@view}&amp;count={/XDocList/@offset}&amp;
> >    orderby=date&amp;status=1
> >    </sortbydateasc>
> > 
> > As you can see, it is a linkvalue /command to be sended on click
> > 
> > The value of <sortbydateasc> is called by a variable in 
> > sortcommands.xsl (which is imported to main xslt)like this:
> > 
> > <xsl:variable name="dateasc">  		
> > <xsl:value-of
> >
> select="document('commands.xml')/xslt/notunsigned/sorting/sortbydateasc"/>
> > </xsl:variable>
> > 
> > No the problem is obvious. When the value comes from xml file, 
> > the part where it should get {/XDocList/@view} from the input xml
> file, 
> > it does not do it. Same thing with {/XDocList/@offset}. 
> > 
> > I think it would be possible to do it if the commands.xml would be 
> > commands.xsl?
> > 
> > Reason why I have separated the transformation into several 
> > files, is that I want to make it easier to maintain and 
> > change the commmand values in one place and have the affect
> > in several places.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Jarkko
> 
> 
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