Named template param - variable not found

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Subject: Named template param - variable not found
From: Matthew Lindfield Seager <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:33:41 +1000

I have previously had no troubles getting named templates to work however I am struggling to get a fairly basic navigation menu to work. I'm using TestXSLT and when I attempt to process the page using Sablotron, Saxon or Xalan-J I get an error (along the lines of variable "currentPage" not found). Libxslt will process it but the result has a superfluous "<param name="currentPage">" in the body of the html.

An extremely cut down version of the xsl file is included below. I have tried using a select attribute with the supplied parameter (select="'Accounts'") but the result is the same. I have also tried modifying the test in the <xsl:when> block but that hasn't worked either.

Am I making a subtle mistake or am I completely off the rails?

Regards,
Matthew

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/ Transform">

<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" />

	<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
	<head><title>myFinances Accounts Page</title></head>

	<body>
		<xsl:call-template name="footer">
			<xsl:with-param name="currentPage">Accounts</xsl:with-param>
		</xsl:call-template>
	</body>
</html>

</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template name="footer">
		<param name="currentPage" />
		<xsl:choose>
			<xsl:when test="not($currentPage='Start')">
				<a href="index.html" class="navigation">Start Page</a>
			</xsl:when>
			<xsl:otherwise>
				Start Page
			</xsl:otherwise>
		</xsl:choose>
	</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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