[xsl] <xsl:eval> equivalent problem

[crestall@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi All,
 
I am upgrading an WD xsl stylesheet to use the http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform namespace and have run into some problems with finding an equivalent to <xsl:eval>.  More specifically, I'm trying to find a way to pass parameters into jscript and vbscript functions that were in xsl:eval blocks.  The document currently contains an xsl:eval block that defining the variables for use throughout the xsl:
 
                        <xsl:stylesheet
                         xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
                         xmlns:dav="DAV:"  
                         xmlns:f="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:publishing:"
                         xmlns:office="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
 
                        <xsl:template match="/">
            
       <xsl:eval>
                                    var g_strDavNS = getNamespaceUsedInXml(this, "DAV:");
                                    var g_dataURL = this.selectSingleNode("/" + g_strDavNS + ":multistatus/dataURL").text;
                                    var g_desc = this.xml;
                        </xsl:eval>
 
       Followed by quite a bit of xsl processing with periodic reference to these variables throughout:
       ie.
       . dataurl=<xsl:eval>g_dataURL;</xsl:eval>
       and
       <xsl:eval>getDesc(g_desc);</xsl:eval>
        
       followed by a large script section:
        
       <xsl:script language="vbscript">
                   <![CDATA[
                   Function GetIt(value, name)
                               name = value
                               GetIt=""
                   End Function
                   Function getHTMLMain(dModified, dCreate)
                               if dCreate = "" then
                                           dCreate=dModified
                               end if
                               iDiff = DateDiff("d",now(),dCreate)
                               if abs(iDiff) < 3 then
                                           getHTMLMain = getHTML()
                                           exit function
                               else 
                                           iDiff=DateDiff("d",now(), dModified)
                                           if abs(iDiff) < 3 then
                                                       getHTMLMain = getHTML()
                                                       exit function
                                           end if
                               end if
                               getHTMLMain = ""
                   end function
                   
                   function getHTML()
                               getHTML = "<img src='_WPR_/newlink.gif' border='0'/>"
                   End function
       ]]>
       </xsl:script>
       <xsl:script language="JScript">
                   <![CDATA[
                   
                   function getDesc(sDesc)
                   {
                               if(sDesc.length > 50)
                                           return  sDesc;
                               else
                                           return sDesc;
                   }
                   
           function getNamespaceUsedInXml(nodItem, strNamespace)
       {
                   if (!nodItem)
                   {
                               return "";
                   }
        
                   var nodOwnerDocument = null;
                   if (9 == nodItem.nodeType)
                   {
                               // What we were handed was actually the root document node and not a regular node.
                               nodOwnerDocument = nodItem;
                   }
                   else
                   {
                               // We were handed a regular node. Get the root document node.
                               nodOwnerDocument = nodItem.ownerDocument;
                   }
                   .......more script here......
        
                   return strShortNamespace;
       }
       ]]>
                   </xsl:script>
       </xsl:stylesheet>
        
       It seems as though I could create <xsl:variable> for the three jscript/vbscript specified variables above but I'm not sure how I would pass an equivalent "this" parameter.  I know the xsl:script tags are not supported either and am wondering if the approach of setting an xsl:variable to a script call is even possible. 
        
       Hope this makes sense.  Thanks in advance,
       Chris


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