multiple tranformations in XMLDOM

Hey guys, 

I have a small problem I am working on. Here's the
process:

source.xml + trans1.xsl -> out.xml

then:

out.xml + trans2.xsl -> out.html

This is all done with the XMLDOM in Javascript. I need
to go straight to the out.html file, so no saving
files in the interim steps. The trick: the out.xml
file actually contains html source I am treating as
XML (since it is well-formed).

Both XSL sheets have output specified as XML.

In Javascript I can create the variables and get each
transformation done separately (if I save out.xml as a
file), but I am having problems getting the second one
to work off the direct output of the first. Here's
what I have in Javascript:

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
xmlDoc.async="false"
xmlDoc.validateOnParse="false"
xmlDoc.load("source.xml")

var xslDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
xslDoc.async="false"
xslDoc.load("trans1.xsl")

var newxmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
newxmlDoc.async="false"
newxmlDoc.load("out.xml")

var newxslDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
newxslDoc.async="false"
newxslDoc.load("trans2.xsl")

var htmlout = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
htmlout.async="false"
htmlout.validateOnParse="false"

htmlout =  xmlDoc.transformNode(xslDoc)

var htmloutput = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
htmloutput.async="false"
htmloutput.validateOnParse="false"

htmloutput = htmlout.transformNode(newxslDoc)

document.write(htmloutput)


anyideas?

Bryan


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