Sam,
Let's go back to something you said early on in response to a
suggestion about doing the transformation in JavaScript after a trip
back up to the server. You said, "My xml is dynamically created". That
is why you are trying to do the transformation client-side in the
browser using JavaScript. What do you mean it is dynamically created?
Like using XSQL or something? Maybe we need to look at doing your
filter upon creation or passing the parameters in earlier in the
process?
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Sam Awad
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:00 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: RE: [xsl] Filtering XML with XSL
Hi Chuck,
I added the ID attribute and nothing has changed.
I think I misled you a little. My current XSL sheet accepts the
parameters (when I hardcode them in the begining) without a problem and
I am able to see the transformed data based on a certain parameter
value. When I click on my event handlers that call the JavaScript
nothing happens and no errors are displayed. It is supposed to reload
the XSLT and feed it the new parameter values upon reload (like you
mentioned about the use of XMLDocument and XSLDocument properties). So,
I added alerts to the JavaScript and I see that the properties
document.XMLDocument and navigator.XMLDocument are empty, their value is
"undefined". Shouldn't I be seeing the XML sting in there?
Sorry I am not very savvy at this but I am trying.
Thanks again very much.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of
Charles White
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:26 AM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Filtering XML with XSL
Hi Sam:
It makes sense that you are getting a bunch of errors telling you the
object doesn't exist, because the JScript engine is looking for objects
named, for example, in the case of the filter function, the actual given
name. But you have no id attribute assigned to the object, so the
JScript processor can't find the object. So, as just one example, do
this:
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of
select="@givenName"/></xsl:attribute>
I added this to your SortByTemplate template, and the JScript engine was
able to find the object and display the information okay. So, this is
what the beginning of that template now looks like (I added a cursor
style because it drives me crazy to see an onclick event with no hand
cursor associated with the event source):
<xsl:template name="SortByChoice">
<TR bgcolor="#FAEBD7">
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:value-of
select="@sn"/></font></TD>
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:attribute
name="onclick">filter('<xsl:value-of select="@givenName"
/>');</xsl:attribute><xsl:attribute
name="style">cursor:hand;</xsl:attribute><xsl:attribute
name="id"><xsl:value-of
select="@givenName"/></xsl:attribute><u><xsl:value-of
select="@givenName"/></u></font></TD>
...
The only change is the additional xsl:attribute that creates an id
attribute. You could also have used attribute value templates, they're a
bit cleaner in my view, but this will work. You'll need to follow this
procedure whererever you have function calls.
Cheers,
Chuck White
Author, Mastering XSLT, Sybex Books http://www.javertising.com/webtech
http://www.tumeric.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Awad" <sammy_awad(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:52 PM
Subject: RE: [xsl] Filtering XML with XSL
Thanks for your help Chuck,
Here is the xsl file that contains the JavaScript:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882"
xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882"
xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema">
<xsl:param name="column" select="'givenName'" />
<xsl:param name="userFirstName" select="''" />
<xsl:template match="*|@*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | * | comment() |
processing-instruction() | text()" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/">
<HTML>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function sort(column){
try{
var s = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument");
var x = document.XMLDocument;
if (x == null){
x = navigator.XMLDocument; s.loadXML(navigator.XSLDocument.xml);
}else{
s.loadXML(document.XSLDocument.xml);
}
var tem = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XSLTemplate");
tem.stylesheet = s;
var proc = tem.createProcessor();
proc.addParameter("column", column);
proc.input = document.xmldocument;
proc.transform();
var str = proc.output;
var newDoc = document.open("text/html", "replace"); newDoc.write(str);
navigator.XMLDocument = x;
navigator.XSLDocument = s;
newDoc.close();
}catch(exception){
}
}
function filter(userFirstName){
try{
var s = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument");
var x = document.XMLDocument;
if (x == null){
x = navigator.XMLDocument; s.loadXML(navigator.XSLDocument.xml);
}else{
s.loadXML(document.XSLDocument.xml);
}
var tem = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XSLTemplate");
tem.stylesheet = s;
var proc = tem.createProcessor();
proc.addParameter("userFirstName", userFirstName);
proc.input = x;
proc.transform();
var str = proc.output;
var newDoc = document.open("text/html");
newDoc.write(str);
navigator.XMLDocument = x;
navigator.XSLDocument = s;
newDoc.close();
}catch(exception){
}
}
</script>
<script language="vbscript">
function printIt()
window.print
end function
</script>
</head>
<BODY>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$userFirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates
select="xml/rs:data/z:row[(_at_)givenName=$userFirstName]" mode="single" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<TABLE width="740">
<tr bgcolor="Black">
<td class="head" onclick="sort('sn')" width="40"><font
face="Verdana"
size="1" color="White"><b>Last</b></font></td>
<td class="head" onclick="sort('givenName')" width="40"><font
face="Verdana" size="1" color="White"><b>First</b></font></td>
<td width="80"><font face="Verdana" size="1"
color="White"><b>Title</b></font></td>
<td class="head" onclick="sort('Office')" width="50"><font
face="Verdana" size="1" color="White"><b>Office</b></font></td>
<td width="100"><font face="Verdana" size="1"
color="White"><b>Office
Number</b></font></td>
<td width="100"><font face="Verdana" size="1"
color="White"><b>Mobile
Number</b></font></td>
<td width="100"><font face="Verdana" size="1"
color="White"><b>Email</b></font></td>
<td class="head" onclick="printIt()" width="20"><font
face="Verdana" size="1" color="red"><b>PRINT</b></font></td>
</tr>
<xsl:if test="$column='sn'">
<xsl:for-each select="xml/rs:data/z:row">
<xsl:sort select="@sn" order="ascending" />
<xsl:call-template name="SortByChoice">
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="$column='givenName'">
<xsl:for-each select="xml/rs:data/z:row">
<xsl:sort select="@givenName" order="ascending" />
<xsl:call-template name="SortByChoice">
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:if>
</TABLE>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</BODY>
</HTML>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="SortByChoice">
<TR bgcolor="#FAEBD7">
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:value-of
select="@sn"/></font></TD>
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:attribute
name="onclick">filter('<xsl:value-of select="@givenName"
/>');</xsl:attribute><u><xsl:value-of
select="@givenName"/></u></font></TD>
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:value-of
select="@title"/></font></TD>
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:value-of
select="@physicalDeliveryOfficeName"/></font></TD>
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:value-of
select="@telephonenumber"/></font></TD>
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:value-of
select="@mobile"/></font></TD>
<TD><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><xsl:value-of
select="@mail"/></font></TD>
</TR>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="xml/rs:data/z:row" mode="single">
<TABLE width="740">
<tr bgcolor="#ff8800">
<td align="center"><img><xsl:attribute name="src"><xsl:value-of
select="@url"/></xsl:attribute></img></td>
<td><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black">Last
Name:<xsl:value-of select="@sn" /><br />First Name:<xsl:value-of
select="@givenName" /><br />Title:<xsl:value-of select="@title" /><br
/>Office
Location:<xsl:value-of
select="@physicalDeliveryOfficeName" /><br />Office
Number:<xsl:value-of select="@telephonenumber" /><br />Mobile
Number:<xsl:value-of select="@mobile" /><br />Email
Address:<xsl:value-of select="@mail" /><br /></font></td> </tr>
</TABLE>
<div style="background-color:#FF8800;width:80%;">
<center>
<a href="JavaScript:sort('sn')">Back</a>
</center>
</div>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
===================================================
Also, here is a short version of the generated xml file:
====================================================
<xml xmlns:s='uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882'
xmlns:dt='uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882'
xmlns:rs='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset'
xmlns:z='#RowsetSchema'>
<s:Schema id='RowsetSchema'>
<s:ElementType name='row' content='eltOnly' rs:updatable='true'>
<s:AttributeType name='title' rs:number='1' rs:nullable='true'>
<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='256' rs:maybenull='false'/>
</s:AttributeType> <s:AttributeType name='mail' rs:number='2'
rs:nullable='true'> <s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='256'
rs:maybenull='false'/> </s:AttributeType>
<s:AttributeType name='physicalDeliveryOfficeName' rs:number='3'
rs:nullable='true'>
<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='256' rs:maybenull='false'/>
</s:AttributeType>
<s:AttributeType name='mobile' rs:number='4' rs:nullable='true'>
<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='256' rs:maybenull='false'/>
</s:AttributeType>
<s:AttributeType name='telephonenumber' rs:number='5'
rs:nullable='true'>
<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='256' rs:maybenull='false'/>
</s:AttributeType>
<s:AttributeType name='givenName' rs:number='6' rs:nullable='true'>
<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='256' rs:maybenull='false'/>
</s:AttributeType>
<s:AttributeType name='sn' rs:number='7' rs:nullable='true'>
<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='256' rs:maybenull='false'/>
</s:AttributeType>
<s:AttributeType name='name' rs:number='8' rs:nullable='true'>
<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='256' rs:maybenull='false'/>
</s:AttributeType>
<s:extends type='rs:rowbase'/>
</s:ElementType>
</s:Schema>
<rs:data>
<z:row mail='someone(_at_)somewhere(_dot_)com'
physicalDeliveryOfficeName='someplace'
mobile='111-570-6533' telephonenumber='111-239-1053'
givenName='Anthony' sn='Peters' name='Anthony Peters'/>
<z:row title='Engineering Project Manager'
mail='sometwo(_at_)somewhere(_dot_)com' physicalDeliveryOfficeName='other
place'
mobile='111-371-6810'
telephonenumber='111-531-7249' givenName='John' sn='Allen' name='John
Allen'/>
</rs:data>
</xml>
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of
Charles
White
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:13 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Filtering XML with XSL
Can you post the code that is failing? Generally (not always), when
using the XMLDocument and XSLDocument properties client-side, you are
using them to reload the XSLT so that you can do things like feed new
parameter
values
and the like upon reload.
Chuck White
Author, Mastering XSLT, Sybex Books http://www.javertising.com/webtech
http://www.tumeric.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Awad" <sammy_awad(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: RE: [xsl] Filtering XML with XSL
Thanks Steve for your help. My xml is dynamically created and it
seems
to
me
like you are doing a server side trip to retransform.
At this point, my problem is that the javascript does not work with
the properties XMLDocument and XSLDocument. They don't work with the
DOM
object
or the navigator object. I got alerts all over the script and the
following
variables come up undefined:
- document.XMLDocument
- navigator.XMLDocument
Not sure what the pre-requisites for Chris Bayes's javascript are. I
am running IE6 on a w2k sp2 ==> my msxml is version 3 running in
"replace mode".
I really hope that someone on the list has any ideas as to what is
happening
here.
Thanks in advance to anyone for any help.
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