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RE: [xsl] dynamic import of stylesheets?

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Phillip,
The short answer is no.
If I needed to do this kind of thing I'd use a 2 phase aproach where the
first stylesheet generates the second stylesheet that actually does the
transformation.

Ciao Chris

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Phillip Rhodes
> Sent: 29 August 2001 12:18
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] dynamic import of stylesheets?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using xsl, xml in a perhaps novel way, and can't think 
> of a solution 
> to my problem.  To explain:
> 
> I am generating reports that are very "per-report" 
> customized.  They are 
> built up sentence by sentence based upon values in the source xml 
> document.  Each sentence is a named template.  For example, 
> someone with a 
> high risk score in cancer will see a certain set of 
> sentences.  For example: <xsl:if 
> test"/cycle/cancer[@riskscore &gt; 90]">
>          <xsl:call-template name="cancer-90"/>
> </xsl:if>
> and so on....
> 
> There are multiple versions of the named template 
> "cancer-90", which is 
> called above.  The different versions represent longer, or 
> detailed, or 
> shorter ways of saying the same thing.  I put each version of 
> templates in 
> it's own stylesheet, and do an import in the top stylesheet( 
> the one that 
> calls each of the section stylesheets) of the version of 
> templates that I 
> want to use.
> 
> I build up a 20 page report this way.  Each report has 
> different sections, 
> cancer being one of them.
> My problem is that I need to change the version of templates 
> in use (change 
> the import) for two of the sections in the report  (and it will be 
> different for each report).  To explain, in the areas that 
> people have 
> their biggest problems (e.g. smoking, alcohol, weight), I 
> want to use the 
> most verbose set of templates.
> 
> My problem is that I need to set a different version of 
> templates for each 
> section (each section is already in it's own stylesheet) in a 
> dynamic, 
> runtime kind of way.
> 
> If you see a way to do this, or see a problem in general with 
> my design, 
> please get back to me.
> 
> 
> Thanks, and sorry for the long post...
> Phillip
> 
> 
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