Re: [xsl] Ampersand problem

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I don't know if this will work on Xalan or  other Java processors >
because I don't have access to it at this very second, but it works on 
> MSXML4. This is a hideous hack, kids, don't try this at home:
> 
> <xsl:output method="html"/>
> <xsl:variable name="amper">
> <xsl:text>&</xsl:text>
> </xsl:variable>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <smil href="{$amper}">
> </smil>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> In other words, change the output method to HTML. You shouldn't need
> DOE.

This is a bug -- in fact MSXML3/4 only miss escaping an ampersand if
it's the last character in the value of an (html) attribute.

Try:

      <smil href="{$amper}{$amper}"></smil>

and the result is:


      <smil href="&&"></smil>




=====
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL

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