Re: Can't pass parameters across differing contexts?

Hello Peter,

there was a param-bug in Xalan in version 2.2.D6 I think. Test it with the
current version 2.2.D11.

Joerg

> I've got an XSLT template producing HTML using a series of templates that
> look like the following:
>
> <xsl:template match="list/*">
>     <td valign="top">
>         <xsl:variable name="varname"><xsl:value-of
> select="local-name()"/></xsl:variable>
>         <select name="{$varname}" size="1">
>             <xsl:apply-templates
select="document(concat('$varname,'.xml'))"
> mode="list">
>                 <xsl:with-param name="sel">
>                     <xsl:value-of select="'X'"/>
>                 </xsl:with-param>
>             </xsl:apply-templates>
>         </select>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="options" mode="list">
>     <xsl:param name="sel"/>
> Sel=<xsl:value-of select="$sel"/>?
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="*" mode="list">
>         <xsl:with-param name="sel" select="$sel"/>
>     </xsl:apply-templates>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="option" mode="list">
>     <xsl:param name="sel"/>
>     <xsl:element name="option">
>         <xsl:if test="@value = $sel">
>             <xsl:attribute name="selected">1</xsl:attribute>
>         </xsl:if>
>         <xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of
> select="@value"/></xsl:attribute>
>         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>     </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> The parameter "sel" is normally set with some other code, but the above
> replicates the problem.  The hard coded display of the parameter value in
> the "options" template shows no value being passed to the template  If I
use
> the same coding to pass the value to the "option" template (and a similar
> display) I do see the value.  I tried getting  the contents of the new
> document into a variable and then running the templates against  the
> variable contents, but I get the same results.  I can only conclude that
for
> some reason the parameter won't pass when I'm switching document contexts?
> If this is generally true is there a work around?
>
> If it makes a difference I'm using Xalan 2.0.1.
>
> Peter Hunsberger


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