Hi Holger,
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:35:05PM +0200, Holger Fl?rke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > xalan.exe -p "C:\Directory\SubDirectory" myxml.xml myxsl.xslt
> Did you forget to copy the name of the parameter to the mail?
>
> I think this should be:
> xalan.exe -p myParameter "C:\Directory\SubDirectory" myxml.xml myxsl.xslt
Yeah, I meant exactly that... Sorry.
> Ok. And now for the real question ;^) The value for your stylesheet
> parameter calling xalan.exe is an *expression* and *not a string*.
>
> """
> Usage: Xalan [options] source stylesheet
> ...
> -p name expression Sets a stylesheet parameter.
> ...
Hmm... That's my mistake again it seems... :-) I've just checked the XSL
specification again, and it does say <xsl:param name="..." select="EXPRESSION">
in the docs... My only excuse is that MSXSL was happy to use it as a string.
:-(
>
> This expression will be evaluated by Xalan at runtime. To pass a string you
> have to surround it by quotes or apostrophs. The double-quotes are used to
> surround one argument for passing values with spaces. Therefore you have to
> write
>
> xalan.exe -p myParameter "\"C:\Directory\SubDirectory\"" myxml.xml
> myxsl.xslt
>
> or
>
> xalan.exe -p myParameter "'C:\Directory\SubDirectory'" myxml.xml myxsl.xslt
>
> Maybe other processors accept only string values for stylesheet parameters.
> They don't need the second pair of quotes, but you can't pass XPaths
> evaluated at runtime or simple expressions like passing "1+2".
OK, thanks for clearing that up and for the quick reply.
Regards:
Andras Babos.
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