Re: Passing parameters to XSLT from the URL

Additionally, in FF2 and on you can pass parameters using a new 
processing instructions, <?xslt-param?>. You can read all the docs here:

http://wiki.mozilla.org/XSLT_PI_Parameters

Using this you could use CGI to set parameters through your xml file.

/ Jonas

Martin Honnen wrote:
> JJ Merelo wrote:
> 
> 
>> <xsl:param name='seccion' />
> 
> 
>> Which I call with this url:
>> file:///home/jmerelo/public_html/tutoriales/XSLT/tiendecilla.xml?seccion=Muebles 
>>
>>
>> But it does not work; the param seccion does not get instantiated.
>> What's the problem? Does the XSLT processor in Mozilla handle params
>> only if they're sent by the server (I didn't try that, but, in any
>> case, I'd like to use it stand-alone) Should parameters be sent any
>> other way?
> 
> 
> Parameters have be set with the API the XSLT processor exposes, so in 
> case of Mozilla you can instantiate new XSLTProcessor(), load a 
> stylesheet, set parameters, run the transformation, see
> <http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_the_Mozilla_JavaScript_interface_to_XSL_Transformations> 
> 
> 
> There is nothing in the XSLT specification suggesting that global 
> parameters should be set from the query string of the URL of an XML 
> document to which a transformation is applied.
> 
>