Kirk, the other issue here is how to access the MS XPath
extensions derfined in MSXML 4.0 (defined in the URI
mk:@MSITStore:C:\Program%20Files\MSXML%204.0\doc\xmlsdk.chm::/htm/xpath_functions_6igj.htm
-- this is the MSXML 4.0 SDK Docs -- Core Services/XPath Reference/
XPath Functions/MS XPath Extension Functions). The function I
see come up repeatedly is 'ms:format-date', and it's significantly
easier to use than System.DateTime.
I can't figure out how to access this namespace without writing a
.net wrapper class around MSXML 4. Is there a way of doing this
inside System.Xml.Xsl XSLT?
- Eric
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:34:34 -0400
From: "Kirk Allen Evans" <kaevans(_at_)xmlandasp(_dot_)net>
Subject: RE: [xsl] XLST Processors that support JavaScript
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Subject: RE: [xsl] XLST Processors that support JavaScript
So why is it that when I use "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" in the
stylesheet tag I get the following error: "The scripting language
'vbscript' is not supported"?
That's not quite the same as JavaScript, now is it? VBScript is not
supported in .NET, but VB, C#, JScript, and JavaScript are [1]. I
imagine that, if you installed J#, that it would be supported as well.
Here is a JavaScript example that works:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
xmlns:tns="urn:thisnamespace:tns"
exclude-result-prefixes="tns msxsl">
<msxsl:script language="JavaScript" implements-prefix="tns">
function GetString()
{
return('foo');
}
</msxsl:script>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="root/child">
<xsl:value-of select="tns:GetString()"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Change the language attribute of the msxsl:script element to "VB"
instead, and now this example works (note, though, that
VBScript-specific functions and syntax might not be supported in VB.NET
[1]):
<msxsl:script language="vb" implements-prefix="tns">
function GetString()
GetString = "foo"
end function
</msxsl:script>
The really cool part about .NET is that you can also use inline C# as
well as JavaScript or VB.NET. Although, I would use an extension object
with the XsltArgumentList class instead, but this example shows that it
is possible:
<msxsl:script language="C#" implements-prefix="tns">
string GetString()
{
return("foo");
}
</msxsl:script>
[1]
ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/cpguide/html/cpconvisualbasiclanguagechanges
.htm
Kirk Allen Evans
http://www.xmlandasp.net
Author, "XML And ASP.NET", New Riders Publishing
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