Gerhard Hipfinger wrote: ... XSLT questions are best asked on the XSL list, for some obvious reasons. http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/
> <text name="/page/article/header" size="60"/> ... > <input type="text" name="{@name}" size="{@size}"> > <xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="@name"/></xsl:attribute> ... > then the output of the value field is "/page/article/header" You get what you ask for: the content of the @name attribute. The processor won't interpret it as an XPath and evaluate it again just because it looks like a good idea to you. There is nothing magic about using xsl:attribute. > Is it possible to get the content of a subnode in such a way? Not in standard XSLT. Most processors have an extension function called evaluate() or something similar, which takes a string as parameter and evaulates the string as XPath expression: <input type="text" name="{@name} value="{xx:evaluate(@name)}" size="{@size}"> Consult the manual of your processor for the details. This will make your style sheet non-portable. Therefore better yet: > Have > someone another solution for this kind of problem? You should use names/ids for crossreferences in you XML instead of XPath expressions: <page> <article> <header id="id1">foo</header> <leadin>bar</leadin> </article> <form> <text name="id1" size="60"/> </form> </page> Use in XSL: <xsl:key name="value" match="*" use="@id"/> ... <input type="text" name="{@name} value="{key('value',@name)}" size="{@size}"> If you are using XForms, well, you're stuck with evaluate(). J.Pietschmann --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>