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Hello list,
I'm just getting started developing an XSL stylesheet for displaying metadata from XML files for various datasets, and I need some help with the programming. Here is my situation: I have a stylesheet that works in IE5.5 and up, but no versions of Netscape. The original header/namespace for this XSL document that was used is "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl" TYPE="text/javascript">". When I changed this to "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">" the stylesheet would work in Netscape 6.2, and sort-of load in IE5.5 (but not IE6). Now my problem is that some of the code that was previously used no longer works. First of all, I am no longer able to specify the <BODY> properties - as soon as I do this, all the XSL commands become invalid expressions. Next, and more importantly, I need to be able to list the characteristics of multiple attributes (i.e. many "attr" tags in the XML file) in a table. This is how it was previously done: The following line was used to check if any "attrlabl" elements were used for any of the "attr" tags within the "context" path. <xsl:if test="context()[attr/attrlabl[. != '']]"> This command was repeated to determine if any other elements within the "attr" tags were used, and if so, an appropriate column would be added to a table. The problem here is that "context()" is apparently no longer a valid function (as IE6 indicated) In the following loop, the contents of each "attr" tag was added to the table as a row: <xsl:for-each select="attr[attrlabl != '']"> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!-- Write out the name of the attribute --> <xsl:for-each select="attrlabl"> <td> <DIV CLASS="attribute"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><xsl:value-of /></font></DIV> </td> </xsl:for-each> ..... </tr> </xsl:for-each> The problem with this part of the code is that IE6 does not like the <xsl:value of /> being used without a select="" statement in it. I don't know if this is a result of some other error, or if I should be doing this some other way. Also, I don't seem to be able to add any javascript to the document. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could offer some suggestions, or perhaps point me to a helpful source. Kind regards, Michael Leahy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Leahy, Computing and Data Resource Assistant Mapping, Analysis and Design, ES2-163C Faculty of Environmental Studies University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1. E-mail: mgleahy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 6727 Fax: 519-888-4325 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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