Re: [xsl] document() function can't follow virtual directory path in MSXML3?

[Mukul Gandhi <mukulw3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brook,
This might work --
test="document('http://localhost/virdir/home.xml')"

Please use 'localhost' or whatever the host is.

Regards,
Mukul

--- Brook Ellingwood <brook@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has seen this behavior in
> MSXML3 and if they might
> know whether there's a workaround.
> 
> I'm storing my XML in a folder outside the www root
> to meet the host's
> security requirements. I follow a virtual directory
> path to access it. This
> works fine, except when I try to call an XML doc via
> the document()
> function, like so:
> 
>     <xsl:if test="document('/virdir/home.xml')">
>     <font color="white">foo</font>
>     </xsl:if> 
> 
> I always get this:
>     msxml3.dll error '80070003'
>     The system cannot find the path specified.
>     /index.asp, line 13
> 
> I know the path is valid, and I can use in my .asp
> with no problems. If it
> comes down to it, I can always get what I need by
> moving some formatting to
> the .asp, but I was really hoping to keep all the
> formatting in the
> stylesheets.
> 
> Any ideas on what might be causing this, or is it
> just a limitation of
> MSXML3 that I have to live with?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Brook
> 
> 
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