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Hi Barry, Wasn't the original question posted by Deepak? Are you and Deepak one in the same or am I missing something here? Anyway, I've done a lot of work in string manipulation in XSL and would be happy to share with you both code base and expertise if you find yourself in such need. Best regards, <M:D/> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Lay" <blay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 12:25 PM Subject: Re: Javascript in Xsl using-Xalan-Problem > I can explain why I did it, although I take Michael Kay's point that > there is probably a better forum for the question. I originally created > JavaScript extension functions to do manipulation of strings within a > document. In my case I was taking the XML version of an ERwin logical > database model and creating Java code to wrap the database objects > described therein. The XML ERwin generates is fairly convoluted and so > XSL seemed like the appropriate tool for processing it. XSL does not > appear to have good string handling though. I discoved that MSXML > supports JScript and this seemed like a good compromise. When I > converted my project over from Visual Basic to Java I ran into the > problem that my stylesheets with their embedded JavaScript extension > functions would no longer work. I am now in the process of converting > all of that string processing code to pure XSL, although I am concerned > that the result will be more complex and thus harder to extend and debug. > > Another reason for mixing XSL and a scripting language is that you can > potentially have non-XSL experts manage changes in a large project, much > as you can split web design up into graphical design and data processing > by using Struts (for example) and get the appropriate expertise applied > in those quite different domains. > > I will be quite happy to move my question over to the appropriate forum > if someone could provide a path to it. > > Thanks, > Barry > > Wendell Piez wrote: > > > Deepak, > > > > Maybe you aren't getting an answer because it isn't clear how your > > post relates to XSLT. > > > > ... > > > Cheers, > > Wendell > > > > > > --+------------------------------------------------------------------ > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > To unsubscribe, go to: http://lists.mulberrytech.com/xsl-list/ > or e-mail: <mailto:xsl-list-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --+-- >
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