Accessing variables from parent stylesheets in included stylesheets

apollo13 · March 31st, 2010, 03:17 AM

Hi,

I do have a master template like this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
	version="2.0">
  <xsl:variable name="page-layout" select="A4-portrait"/>
  <xsl:include href="reports.xsl"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

In the included template I try to use this value in an attribute using {$page-layout}. After xsl transformation the attribute is empty. I am using saxon 9.2 HE.

Is there a way to get this working?

Thx in advance,
Florian Apolloner

samjudson · March 31st, 2010, 03:29 AM

If you want a variable to contain a string you must enclose the string in single quotes.

Code:

<xsl:variable name="page-layout" select="'A4-portrait'"/>

In your example you are populating $page-layout with the contents of a root element in your XML input called <A4-portrait>, which I would hazard a guess doesn't exist.

Also, the above is not a 'template', but a stylesheet. In fact you don't have any templates in the above example. Trying to use consistent terminology makes communicating easier and avoids misunderstandings.

apollo13 · March 31st, 2010, 03:30 AM

Oh damn, I knew I missed something, thx man I owe you a beer