XSLT in XML

[pramod talekar]

Hello,

I've a .xml and .xsl file.
How to specify xslt path in XML

I've written the following statement in my xml file :-

<?xml-stylesheet type="text\xsl" href="C:\Users\Pramod\Desktop\cdcatalog.xsl"?>

But I get below error when opened in Opera

This document had no style information.

Please advise.

[Paul Clapham]

The "href" attribute should be a URL. A Windows file path is not a URL. And even if you did make it a file:// URL the chances are that a browser would reject it on security grounds. Your best bet is to make the URL a relative one, that should be relative to the URL where the XML document was loaded from.

[pramod talekar]

Hi Paul,

How to make a file path as a relative url ?

My xml file path is : - C:\Users\Pramod\Desktop\1.xml
and xsl is :- C:\Users\Pramod\Desktop\cdcatalog.xsl

Could you please give me some example.

I tried out few combinations but nothing worked out.

[Paul Clapham]

pramod talekar wrote:How to make a file path as a relative url ?

My xml file path is : - C:\Users\Pramod\Desktop\1.xml
and xsl is :- C:\Users\Pramod\Desktop\cdcatalog.xsl

Could you please give me some example.

Well, "some example" isn't what you are asking for, right? You start with the directory of the XML file. That's your base directory as far as the browser is concerned. (Sort of like the current working directory.) Then the relative URL of the XSL file is the path relative to that base directory. Also remember that you don't use backslashes in a URL.

[pramod talekar]

Hi Paul,

So is it <?xml-stylesheet type="text\xsl" href="C:/Users/Pramod/Desktop/cdcatalog.xsl"?>

[Paul Clapham]

No. As I said before, that isn't a URL. You must have overlooked that.

Let's take it one small step at a time. What's the base directory for your XML document?

[pramod talekar]

My base directory is "C:/Users/Pramod/Desktop/".
Both files are kept on Desktop. I read somewhere that if both the xml and xslt files share the same path then it's not needed to mention the full path name in xsl:stylesheet.
So I tried writing href="cdcatalog.xsl" & "/cdcatalog.xsl" but it didn't work.

[amit punekar]

Hi,

<?xml-stylesheet type="text\xsl" href="cdcatalog.xsl"?>

Try "text/xsl" instead. forward slash instead of backward one.

regards,
Amit

[pramod talekar]

Amit, You Rock !!

[amit punekar]

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Regards,
Amit