Xslt: Use Of External Parameter With Altova Or Gestalt

[mfran2002]

hi,I need to use external parameters from command line with altova or gestalt xslt transformationI don't know the way (the syntax) to refer my parameter into the stylesheet:example, my command line:AltovaXML.exe /xslt2 ./mystylesheet.xsl /in myfile /param paramname=paramvalueinto the stylesheet:..<xsl:attribute name="value" select="paramname"/>...how can I refer my paramname into the stylesheet?may you please help me?

[boen_robot]

That's just it.. you don't refer to parameters in the stylesheet from the program. It's the other way around - the program refers to parameters from the stylesheet.So, you need to either have

AltovaXML.exe /xslt2 ./mystylesheet.xsl /in myfile /param paramname=paramvalue

and

<xsl:attribute name="paramname" />

or alternatively

AltovaXML.exe /xslt2 ./mystylesheet.xsl /in myfile /param value=paramvalue

and

<xsl:attribute name="value" />

The select attribute can be used to specify an XPath expression that will be executed if the parameter is not overriden from the command line, i.e. a default value.

[Martin Honnen]

That's just it.. you don't refer to parameters in the stylesheet from the program. It's the other way around - the program refers to parameters from the stylesheet.So, you need to either have

AltovaXML.exe /xslt2 ./mystylesheet.xsl /in myfile /param paramname=paramvalue

and

<xsl:attribute name="paramname" />

or alternatively

AltovaXML.exe /xslt2 ./mystylesheet.xsl /in myfile /param value=paramvalue

and

<xsl:attribute name="value" />

The select attribute can be used to specify an XPath expression that will be executed if the parameter is not overriden from the command line, i.e. a default value.

To define a parameter you use

<xsl:param name="paramname"/>

not

<xsl:attribute name="paramname"/>

, that would output an attribute.If you wanted to use the value of a parameter as the value for an attribute you want to create then you would use

<xsl:attribute name="attributename" select="$paramname"/>

in XSLT 2.0.

[mfran2002]

thanks a lot to all of you guys

[boen_robot]

To define a parameter you use

<xsl:param name="paramname"/>

not

<xsl:attribute name="paramname"/>

, that would output an attribute.If you wanted to use the value of a parameter as the value for an attribute you want to create then you would use

<xsl:attribute name="attributename" select="$paramname"/>

in XSLT 2.0.

Opps... what an overlook on my part . Good catch.