> From: Peter_Ivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Peter_Ivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 July 2003 11:32
 
> Can a single xsl take two inputs.

yes by using the document() command

for example you can place the value of an external xml file in a variable

<xsl:variable name="myxml" select="document('somefile.xml')"/>


you would then perform transformations on it by refering to the variable

e.g.
<xsl:value select="$myxml//test"/>

would output the value of a <test/> element.

btw you will have to understand about RTF and using the common node-set extension function if you want to get any further doing stuff with this.

> or can an xsl after one transformation take the transformed xml as its
> input
> which is applied by another xsl and is included the main xsl.


This is known as multi pass, or in more general terms, a pipeline of transforms with the result of each stage being fed into the next stage.

you could use;

- ant.apache.org allows for creation of pipelines of processing using the <styler/> or <xslt/> task ( check out ant article at xml.com )

- saxon at saxon.sourceforge.net has support for multiple result documents, though you may have to use XSLT v2.0 ( no big deal, I use it daily )


good luck, Jim Fuller



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