The curly brace syntax is only available in attributes. In element content,
use <xsl:value-of select="$var"/>.

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

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annmarie Rubin (anrubin) [mailto:anrubin@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 12 May 2005 16:40
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Annmarie Rubin (anrubin)
> Subject:  xsl variable not resolved in javascript output
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> an xsl template outputs javascript code to display frames in the
> resulting html. I am trying to use an xsl variable in the javascript
> code to refer to the url to display with frames, but can't get the
> correct syntax so that the xsl variable is resolved to a file name. Is
> there a way to do this? I'm using xalan 2.6.0.
> 
> The code snippet of the xsl is shown below.
> 
> This is the xsl:variable definition:
> 
> <xsl:variable 
> name="__Frameset_File_Name_token">index.htm</xsl:variable>
> 
> I have tried the following syntax to specify the xsl variable in the
> outputted javascript but the xsl variable is not resolved:
> 
> xsl code: "{$__Frameset_File_Name_token}" + "?" + document.URL;
> result in html: {$__Frameset_File_Name_token
> 
> xsl code: "$__Frameset_File_Name_token" + "?" + document.URL;
> result in html: $__Frameset_File_Name_token?
> 
> xsl code: $__Frameset_File_Name_token + "?" + document.URL;
> result in html:no show/hide links
> 
> xsl code: "'$__Frameset_File_Name_token'" + "?" + document.URL; =20
> result in html: null filename. the link resolved to the containing
> directory
> 
> xsl code: '$__Frameset_File_Name_token' + "?" + document.URL; =20
> result in html:$__Frameset_File_Name_token
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> 
> Ann Marie
> 
> 
> <!-- xsl code snippet -->
> 
> <xsl:template name="ShowTOCButton">
> 
> 	
> 	<script language="javascript1.2" type="text/javascript">
> 
>   
>   <xsl:comment><![CDATA[
>   function showbook() {
>   var showframeURL = '$__Frameset_File_Name_token' + "?" + 
> document.URL;
> 
>   var hideframeURL = unescape(document.URL);
> 
>    if (window.self == top)
>       {
>  document.write("<a href='" + showframeURL + "' title='Show table of
> contents and index'><font face='verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif'
> size='1'>Show Book</font></a>");
> }
> 
> else
> {
>  document.write("<a href='" + hideframeURL + "' target='_top'
> title='Hide table of contents and index'><font face='verdana, arial,
> helvetica, sans serif' size='1'>Hide Book</font></a>");
> }
>    }
>   showbook();
> 
> //]]></xsl:comment>
>  </script>
> </xsl:template>