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At 99/09/20 14:26 -0400, Michael.Scepaniak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I'd like to assign the string "<body bgcolor="White">" to an xsl:variable and
then output that variable as part of my HTML output, but I am unable to do it.
Correct ... you are unable to do it because you are attempting to add a
string of text to the result tree and text content is, by default, escaped
using typical XML and HTML mechanisms.
To get the result you desire, you must add a <body> element node with a
bgcolor="White" attribute node to the result tree and not try to effect the
result using a string.
Using a result tree template, this would be as easy as:
<xsl:template match="/">
<body bgcolor="white">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</xsl:template>
Using result tree instructions, this would be:
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:element name="body">
<xsl:attribute name="bgcolor">white</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
I hope this helps.
.............. Ken
p.s. there *is* a technique to actually emit the "<" character from a
string, but that technique is not portable across all XSLT engines because
an engine is allowed to not implement the technique ... plus, what you want
to do can be done without resorting to the technique.
--
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