RE: using a parameter to modify part of the file path

Sounds like you are missing the parameter declaration

<xsl:param name="buildingDataFile"/>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracey Zellmann [mailto:tracey.zellmann@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 17 September 2006 19:57
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  using a parameter to modify part of the 
> file path in document(...) function
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> However, I can not quite get it to work. I must be doing 
> something wrong.
> 
> I have this in my transformer set-up:
> transformer.setParameter("buildingDataFile", 
> this.buildingDataName); where this.buidingDataName is "TownHouseData"
> 
> Then, in my style sheet I have, as you suggested, 
> <xsl:variable name="list" select="document(concat('../', 
> $buildingDataFile, '/inputXML/storyPages.xml'))"/>
> 
> However, I get this error message, stating that the variable, 
> $buildingDataFile has not been declared.
> 
> Error at xsl:variable on line 15 of
> file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Tracey/workspace/Library
> Project/xslt/stories.xsl:
> XPST0008: XPath syntax error at char 40 on line 15 in {...le,
> '/inputXML/storyPages.x...}:
> Variable $buildingDataFile has not been declared
> 
> In other cases, I have been able to make use of transformer 
> parameters into the html part of  astylesheet with something 
> like this:
> <li><a href="../index.html" title="{$buildingTitle}"> , where 
> buildingTitle was a transformer parameter, but, as I said 
> before, whenever I try to get a parameter into a quoted 
> function, I get into trouble.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> There is a more going on in the stylesheet, but nothing 
> really before this line, so I haven't included it.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:23 AM
> Subject: RE:  using a parameter to modify part of the 
> file path in
> document(...) function
> 
> 
> > Change your call on document() to
> >
> > document(concat('../', $buildingDataFile,
> > '/inputXML/buildingStories.xml'))
> >
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Tracey Zellmann [mailto:tracey.zellmann@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: 16 September 2006 20:09
> >> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re:  using a parameter to modify part of the 
> file path 
> >> in document(...) function
> >>
> >> I am using XSLT 2.0 and JAVA 1.5.0_07 and the Saxon B 
> >> net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl Transformer.
> >>
> >> In my style sheet, I currently import an xml document 
> <xsl:variable 
> >> name="list"
> >> select="document('../inputXml/storyPages.xml')"/>
> >>
> >> Now that everything works, I want to change my input file 
> >> arrangements and use different documents, each named 
> storyPages.xml, 
> >> but from different directories.
> >>
> >> examples:
> >>
> >> ../TownHouseData/inputXML/buildingStories.xml
> >> ../MiddlesexHotelData/inputXML/buildingStories.xml
> >> ../DamonMillData/inputXML/buildingStories.xml
> >>
> >> and so forth.
> >>
> >> I can set a parameter in my java program, 
> >> transformer.setParameter("buildingDataFile", "TownHouseData");
> >>
> >> and use a different setting for the other buildings.
> >>
> >> My problem is that I always get confused in XSLT using 
> variables and 
> >> parameters inside double and single quoted strings.
> >>
> >> What is a clean syntax for accomplishing this?