Sure. Declare

<xsl:param name="x" as="xs:integer" required="yes"/>

at the top level of a (2.0) stylesheet

and then invoke Saxon as

java -jar saxon8.jar source.xml style.xsl x=17

and then access the variable $x in any XPath expression.

(Or similarly in XSLT 1.0, but then the "as" and "required" attributes are
not available).

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dmitrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmitrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 08 January 2005 01:04
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  how to pass in saxon command line parameters 
> for use in xsl file
> 
> Is it possible to pass in a command line parameter with saxon 
> and then 
> use the value passed in within the .xsl file? Any examples of 
> how to do this?
> Need to pass in a number and use it in calculation within xsl.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dmitri