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new to XML/XSL - having problems with broswer compatibility and functions
- From: Michael Leahy <mgleahy at fes dot uwaterloo dot ca>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 16:10:37 -0400
- Subject: [xsl] new to XML/XSL - having problems with broswer compatibility and functions
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Hello list,
I'm just getting started developing an XSL stylesheet for displaying
metadata from XML files for various datasets, and I need some help with the
programming. Here is my situation:
I have a stylesheet that works in IE5.5 and up, but no versions of
Netscape. The original header/namespace for this XSL document that was
used is "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl";
TYPE="text/javascript">".
When I changed this to "<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="1.0">" the
stylesheet would work in Netscape 6.2, and sort-of load in IE5.5 (but not
IE6). Now my problem is that some of the code that was previously used no
longer works.
First of all, I am no longer able to specify the <BODY> properties - as
soon as I do this, all the XSL commands become invalid expressions.
Next, and more importantly, I need to be able to list the characteristics
of multiple attributes (i.e. many "attr" tags in the XML file) in a table.
This is how it was previously done:
The following line was used to check if any "attrlabl" elements were used
for any of the "attr" tags within the "context" path.
<xsl:if test="context()[attr/attrlabl[. != '']]">
This command was repeated to determine if any other elements within the
"attr" tags were used, and if so, an appropriate column would be added to a
table. The problem here is that "context()" is apparently no longer a
valid function (as IE6 indicated)
In the following loop, the contents of each "attr" tag was added to the
table as a row:
<xsl:for-each select="attr[attrlabl != '']">
<tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
<!-- Write out the name of the attribute -->
<xsl:for-each select="attrlabl">
<td>
<DIV CLASS="attribute"><font color="#000000" face="Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><xsl:value-of /></font></DIV>
</td>
</xsl:for-each>
.....
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
The problem with this part of the code is that IE6 does not like the
<xsl:value of /> being used without a select="" statement in it. I don't
know if this is a result of some other error, or if I should be doing this
some other way.
Also, I don't seem to be able to add any javascript to the document.
I would greatly appreciate if anyone could offer some suggestions, or
perhaps point me to a helpful source.
Kind regards,
Michael Leahy
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Michael Leahy, Computing and Data Resource Assistant
Mapping, Analysis and Design, ES2-163C
Faculty of Environmental Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1.
E-mail: mgleahy@fes.uwaterloo.ca
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