I fixed it. I found that I used paren instead of braces for the property with 'in' and 'out'.
I haven't been using ant long enough to catch that while I'm typing... thanks for your help, Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Cox, Charlie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:02 AM > To: 'Ant Users List' > Subject: RE: xslt task with foreach > > > ok, my foreach seems to work ok, but the xslt throws the > following error: > > [xslt] Failed to process D:\convert_xsl\html\$(baseName) > > this means that my property is not being resolved when used > as part of the > 'in' parameter. > > The echo right above the xslt prints the correct filename. > > what version of ANT are you using? I have 1.5.1. > > thanks, > Charlie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Java Burre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:38 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: xslt task with foreach > > > > > > I tried following code and for me it works: > > > > <target name="runall"> > > <foreach param="xmlfile" target="runone"> > > <path> > > <fileset dir="xmlsources" includes="*.xml"/> > > </path> > > </foreach> > > </target> > > > > <target name="runone"> > > <basename property="myfile" file="${xmlfile}"/> > > <echo message="doing ${myfile}"/> > > <xslt in="xmlsources/${myfile}" out="output/${myfile}.html" > > style="layout/simple.xsl"> > > <param name="filename" expression="${myfile}"/> > > </xslt> > > </target> > > > > In this case the output filenames have extension .xml.html > > > > I don't see an error in your code, maybe the processor ? > > Don't mention a basedir because if you do not defined an "includes" > > attribute it reads all files from the basedir. > > > > hope this could help. > > > > > > >From: "Cox, Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: 'Ant Users List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: RE: xslt task with foreach > > >Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:03:31 -0500 > > > > > >yes, but I couldn't get it to translate my property instead > > of passing the > > >propertname in: > > > > > ><xslt in="html/${baseName}" out="xsl/${baseName}" style="myxsl.xsl" > > >processor="trax"> > > > > > >this causes the filename to be passed as "$(baseName)" > > instead of resolving > > >the property. > > > > > >Can I use a property for 'in' and 'out'? > > > > > >thanks, > > >Charlie > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Java Burre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:52 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: xslt task with foreach > > > > > > > > > > > > already tried with in and out attributes of xslt task ? > > > > Did not test it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Cox, Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Reply-To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Subject: xslt task with foreach > > > > >Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:25:19 -0500 > > > > > > > > > >I'm having trouble getting this task to work. What I need is > > > > to run an xslt > > > > >task for each file in the directory and I need the filename > > > > to be passed as > > > > >a parameter to the xslt. > > > > > > > > > >This is what I have so far and it works for one file, but > > > > when I have many > > > > >files, the xslt task processes all the files passing in the > > > > name of the > > > > >first file to each one, then it tries to complete the > > > > foreach by running > > > > >the > > > > >xslt task for the rest, which does nothing since it already > > > > did them all. > > > > > > > > > ><target name="all"> > > > > > <foreach param="htmlFileName" target="convertXsl"> > > > > > <fileset dir="html" includes="*.htm"/> > > > > > </foreach> > > > > ></target> > > > > > > > > > ><!-- process a given file. called by the 'all' target --> > > > > ><target name="convertXsl"> > > > > > <!-- get the name of the document without the path --> > > > > > <basename file="${htmlFileName}" property="baseName"/> > > > > > <echo message="processing....${baseName}"/> > > > > > <!-- convert the style first --> > > > > > <xslt basedir="html" destdir="xsl" extension=".xsl" > > > > >style="myxsl.xsl" processor="trax" > > > > > > <param name="myFormName" > expression="${baseName}"/> > > > > > <xmlcatalog> > > > > > <dtd publicId="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 > > > > >Transitional//EN" location="xhtml.dtd"/> > > > > > </xmlcatalog> > > > > > </xslt> > > > > ></target> > > > > > > > > > >I tried adding includes="$(baseName)" for the xslt task, > > > > which caused it to > > > > >not process any files. Likewise for includes="$(htmlFileName)". > > > > > > > > > >how can I get the foreach to go through the list of files > > > > and the xslt to > > > > >process only the given file? > > > > > > > > > >thanks, > > > > >Charlie > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
