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RE: creating links to resource files listed in XML fil

Subject: RE: creating links to resource files listed in XML file
From: Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:08:32 +0300
creating links in xsl
Hi,

> I want to create some links to resource files which
> are referenced in my .xml file. In my .xsl file I have
> added the following code: 
> 
> <xsl:template match="/"> 
> <xsl:for-each select="//file/@href"> 
> <xsl:variable name="myVar"> 
> <xsl:value-of select="."/> 
> </xsl:variable> 
> <a href='&lt;xsl:value-of select="$myVar"/&gt;'>
> <xsl:value-of select="$myVar"/> </a> 
> </xsl:for-each> 
> 
> The link creates fine with the proper file name etc.
> However, the path to the actual file is not correct.
> It comes out as <xsl:value-of select="$myVar"/>. 
> Is there a way to embed this in the <a href... tag so
> that I can link to the file properly. 

You haven't read the XSLT specification, have you? Anyhow, you want

  <a href="{$myVar}"><xsl:value-of select="$myVar"/></a> 

I.e. Attribute Value Templates [1]

Cheers,

Santtu

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#attribute-value-templates

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