[xsl] MSXSL ignoring the mode attribute

["Michael Leditschke" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am running saxon 6.5.2 and MSXSL/MSXML 4.0.

I have the following xml file

<HTMLContents>
  <table>
    <font face="Courier">Some text</font>
  </table>
</HTMLContents>

and the following stylesheet

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
  <xsl:template match="HTMLContents">
    <root>
      <xsl:call-template name="ProcessSection"/>
    </root>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template name="ProcessSection" match="font" mode="Section">
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="@face='Courier'">
        <InFont>Section mode</InFont>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
         <xsl:apply-templates mode="Section"/>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="font">
    <InFont>No mode</InFont>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Saxon (I think correctly) produces

<root>
  <InFont>Section mode</InFont>
</root>

The default template has been recursively applied
in Section mode until the template matching font
in Section mode is reached, and the output produced.

However, MSXSL produces

<root>
  <InFont>No mode</InFont>
</root>

suggesting that the mode has been lost somewhere along
the line.

Is my analysis correct? Is anyone aware of this being a known
bug in MSXML 4.0?



If I change the stylesheet to

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
  <xsl:template match="HTMLContents">
    <root>
      <xsl:apply-templates mode="Section"/>
    </root>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="font" mode="Section">
    <InFont>Section mode</InFont>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="font">
    <InFont>No mode</InFont>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Both produce

<root>
  <InFont>Section mode</InFont>
</root>

as expected, so it appears to be tied in with the use of call-template.

Regards
Michael



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