RE: document() function can't follow virtual directory

Hi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Brook Ellingwood
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 6:38 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  document() function can't follow virtual 
> directory path in MSXML3?
> 
> 
> 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> 

If you are runing the transformation in the server then that path will be
translated to "C:\virdir\home.xml", that path, given the error you reported,
doesn't exist. The '/virdir/' path exists only on the client, i. e., when
called by a web browser. In the server you have to use it's full path or a
relative path (like: ../../somedir/home.xml)

(...)

Regards,
Americo Albuquerque


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