Perhaps you are thinking that xsl:apply-imports passes the parameters on
to the invoked template rule. It doesn't. Apply-imports doesn't allow
parameters to be passed in 1.0, either explicitly or implicitly. This is
fixed in 2.0.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Tom Whitehouse
> Sent: 05 March 2003 17:15
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  apply-imports and recursion used together
> 
> 
> Can someone explain to me the technical reason behind the following:
> 
> The following template exists in an imported stylesheet:
> 
> <xsl:template match="FORUMTHREADPOSTS" mode="postblocks">
> 	<xsl:param name="skip" select="0"/>
> 	<xsl:param name="PostRange" select="concat(($skip + 1), 
> ' - ', ($skip + 
> @COUNT))"/>
> 	<xsl:param name="postblockon" 
> select="concat($alt_nowshowing, ' ', 
> $PostRange)"/>
> 	<xsl:param name="postblockoff" select="concat($alt_show, ' ', 
> $PostRange)"/>
> 	<a 
> href="{$root}F{@FORUMID}?thread={@THREADID}&amp;skip={$skip}&a
> mp;show={@COUNT}">
> 		<xsl:choose>
> 			<xsl:when test="@SKIPTO = $skip">
> 				<xsl:copy-of select="$postblockon"/>
> 			</xsl:when>
> 			<xsl:otherwise>
> 				<xsl:copy-of select="$postblockoff"/>
> 			</xsl:otherwise>
> 		</xsl:choose>
> 	</a>
> 	<xsl:if test="($skip + @COUNT) &lt; @TOTALPOSTCOUNT">
> 		<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="postblocks">
> 			<xsl:with-param name="skip" 
> select="$skip + @COUNT"/>
> 		</xsl:apply-templates>
> 	</xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> The template works in the way I would expect it. However if 
> an apply-imports 
> template is used in the including template I get an infinite loop:
> 
> <xsl:template match="FORUMTHREADPOSTS" mode="postblocks">
>    <xsl:apply-imports/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> reagrds
> 
> Tom
> 
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