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Subject: Re: [xsl] Using xpath fn: functions in XSL stylesheets
From: "Jefferson Thomas" <foramuyou@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:19:40 +0900

Thank you. I have downloaded Altova and Gestalt and It works there.
The only problem is that I really need to have that inside the
browser. Is there any way to add that functionality to Internet
Explorer or Firefox ? Any plugins, extensions ?

Thank you for your reply,
Thomas

2008/3/24, Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>> "Jefferson" == Jefferson Thomas <foramuyou@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>     Jefferson> Ive been trying to use that with Firefox 2.0, Internet
>     Jefferson> Explorer, and XML Notepad. No success.  My system is
>     Jefferson> Windows Vista. The "string(34)" works fine but when I
>     Jefferson> use the "fn:current-dateTime()" function Im getting
>     Jefferson> errors like "the function current-dateTime() not
>     Jefferson> found". The same thing happens when I try to use the
>     Jefferson> other fn: functions. I think Im not specifying the
>     Jefferson> "http://www.w3.org/2005/02/xpath-functions" namespace
>     Jefferson> the right way but I cant find on the internet any
>     Jefferson> working example of its usage.  Could somebody tell me
>     Jefferson> please what is the right way to use those fn: functions
>     Jefferson> ? The ones I want the mose are fn:current-dateTime()
>     Jefferson> and fn:base-uri().
>
>  You don't need the namespace declaration at all, nor the prefix.
>
>  What you do need is an XSLT 2.0 processor. These are all 1.0
>  processors.
>
>  Publicly available XSLT 2.0 processors for Windows are Gestalt (my
>  choice - http://gestalt.sourceforge.net), Saxon (http://www.saxonica.com)
>  and Altova (http://www.altova.com/altovaxml.html).
>  --
>  Colin Adams
>  Preston Lancashire


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