Could you share how you solved it, because last time I tried I couldn't get
the Java URL mechanism to connect to a remote file by means of a UNC
filename, and the question does come up quite often.

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

 

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> Never mind.
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> There must be some law of the universe that once you've asked 
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> solution not work.
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> Thanks to anyone who posts a response to my query. I 
> appreciate the time 
> you spent doing it, even though I have now figured out my issue.
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
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> Hi, all,
> 
> I need to open a file on a server from within my stylesheet. 
> Suppose the 
> server is named Oscar and has a directory named Felix.
> 
> document('file:////Oscar/Felix/myfile.xml')
> 
> did not work (though some web surfing for ways to do this had made me 
> think it would).
> 
> Anyone know how to open that file from inside my stylesheet?
> 
> I am using Saxon 8.4.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)