Re: [xsl] variable holding a xml document created by xslt

["Robert Van Gemert" <rcvangemert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

Can I use something like this to build the list-

<xsl:template name="build-list">
 <xsl:param name="list"/>
 <xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="not end of data...">
    <xsl:variable name="item">
     <xsl:element name="label">
      <xsl:attribute name="x1">from the input xml</xsl:attribute>
      <xsl:attribute name="x2">from the input xml</xsl:attribute>
     </xsl:element>
    </xsl:variable>
   <xsl:call-template name="build-list">
    <xsl:with-param name="list" select="$list+$item"
   </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:when>
 <xsl:otherwise>
  <value-of select=$list/>
 </xsl:otherwise>
 </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

I just want to verfify the syntax of adding elements.

Thanks,

-RVG





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 7:09 PM
Subject: RE: [xsl] variable holding a xml document created by xslt


> Hey Robert,
> 
> In fact I believe I remember our conversation from last year.  Im glad
> to see that the lookup table has been of some help to you.  You are
> correct in how you would access the value of the variable. But in this
> particular case you are going to need to use the node-set function of
> msxsl to give you what you need.  To do this you will need to declare
> the msxsl namespace as a part of your stylesheet decleration like so...
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet version = "1.0" 
>    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>    xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
>    exclude-result-prefixes = "msxsl">
> 
> Next, you will need to create a variable that contains the dynamic
> values you want.
> 
> <xsl:variable name="getLookupValuesforRect">
> <xsl:element name="label">
> <xsl:attribute name="x1">100</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="x2">110</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> Finally, create another variable that you will call the node-set
> function from within the select attribute.  You will then you the method
> you describe to access its content.
> 
> <xsl:variable name="get-rect"
> select="msxsl:node-set($getLookupValuesforRect)/>
> 
> If the size of the xml tree was reasonable you could just use one
> variable like so:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="get-rect" select="msxsl:node-set('<label x1="100"
> x2="110">')/>
> 
> But its easy to see how this method could become unmanageable fairly
> quickly...
> 
> Either way using "$get-rect/label/@x1" will get you the value of
> attribute x1.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> <M:D/>
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Van Gemert [mailto:rcvangemert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 2:47 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] variable holding a xml document created by xslt
> 
> Thanks David,
> 
> Confused? yep!
> 
> You showed me the lookup idea last year and I use it now for constants
> but
> in this case the lookup list will change depending on what lables are in
> view, so the list needs to be created dynamically.
> 
> I am using msxml4,  I think you are suggesting that if I create a
> template
> that returns a xml fragment
> 
> eg.
> 
> <template name="get-rect"
>  <xsl:value-of select>
>    <lable>
>     <xsl:attribute name="x1">100</xsl:attribute>
>     <xsl:attribute name="x2">110</xsl:attribute>
>   <lable>
>  </xsl:value-of select>
> </template>
> 
> I can access this fragment using
> 
> <xsl:variable name="lable-rect">
>  <xsl:call-template name="get-rect"/>
> <xsl:variable>
> 
> $lable-rect/@x1
> 
> -RVG