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Ben,

You wrote:

> <xsl:when test="parent[@class='nav']">

Actually, make that parent::node().  What you have is equivalent to
child::parent (get all child elements that have the name "parent").

> <xsl:when test="../../..[@class = 'vesselSpec'] or ../..[@class =
'vesselSpec']">

Should be <xsl:when
test="parent::node()/parent::node()/parent::node()[@class = 'vesselSpec'] or
parent::node()/parent::node()[@class = 'vesselSpec']">

~Andy Kimball
MSXSL Dev


-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Skelton [mailto:Ben_Skelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 5:11 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Error 80004005 eof - Microsoft XML Parser (September Drop)




Wendell,

Thanks again, it amazes me that someone would take the time to write out
such a
detailed reply - another question for you (or anyone who can answer it)..

I have fixed the following syntax:
<xsl:when test="..[@class='nav']">

to read:
<xsl:when test="parent[@class='nav']">

Which works great but my question is how would I modify the following
statement
to work with MSXML's tighter syntax requirements:

<xsl:when test="../../..[@class = 'vesselSpec'] or ../..[@class =
'vesselSpec']">

Thanks in advance!

_Ben

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Ben,

I can't speak to the MSXML, but....

.[ancestor::sidebar[1]] expands to

self::node()[ancestor::sidebar[1]]

which translates into English as

"Are you a node with an ancestor sidebar that's your first sidebar
ancestor?"

This could be simplified as

ancestor::sidebar[1]

which translates as

"Do you have an ancestor named sidebar that's the first sidebar ancestor?"

But of course, if there are any sidebar ancestors, there's a first one: why
not just ask

ancestor::sidebar "Do you have any sidebar ancestors?"

Now, you may actually mean

ancestor::*[1][self::sidebar]

which is XPath for

"Is your first ancestor element a sidebar?"

Or even better:

parent::sidebar

"Do you have a parent 'sidebar'?"

Yet, to my eye there's nothing syntactically wrong with
".[ancestor::sidebar[1]]". So MSXML may have a bug, even if it's easy to
avoid in this case.

Someone else may be able to speak to differences between the MSXML builds.

Hope that helps!
Wendell

At 01:55 PM 10/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I am having a problem with the September drop of the Microsoft Parser.
>...
>In the stylesheet I have the following code, which works fine with the July
>build of the parser but not the September build:
>...
><xsl:when test=".[ancestor::sidebar[1]]">
>     <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test=".[ancestor::sect4
>[1]]">
>   <h4><xsl:apply-templates /></h4>
>   </xsl:when>
>Can anyone please let me know of the correct syntax to use and why this
>build is
>specifically choking on this piece of code. It would be great if anyone
could
>give me their experience with the stability of the two builds in a
production
>environment. (Yeah, I know it is Beta code, but still...)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>_Ben
>
>---------------------------------
>Ben M. Skelton
>Habanero Studios Limited
>
>604.709.6201 ext. 107
>bskelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Visit us on the web: http://www.habaneros.com
>
>Come visit us in the Microsoft booth at eWorld.
>October 24-26, 2000
>Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre
>
>
>
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list


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