Hello,

this is my first time using XSLT.
I have to perform a specific task :
in order to get the value of the transformed entry I must run an exe file.
Is there a way to do this directly from XSLT:

<xsl:attribute name="attr_name">
<xsl:value-of select= perform_exe_on_value("@attr_name"/>)
</xsl:attribute>

I know this is not valid syntax, it's semi-pseudo-code

I read about integrated extensions but I can't use .net or java for this.

Anyone tried to do this before?

Thanks,
Eran

There is no built in functionality in XSLT to run external executables.

Most XSLT processors allow you to write extension functions (as you have already seen) and from within one of these functions you could then call an executable.

What XSLT processor are you using?

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Thanks for the quick reply!

I am using xsltproc, part of libxslt (C lib for GNOME),
xsltproc was compiled against libxml 20626, libxslt 10117 and libexslt 813

May I write an extension function in bash / perl / any other scripting language or is it strictly .net / java (which I cannot use)?

Never used xsltproc, but it seems from this page [1] that extensions need to be built in C and compiled into the application using libxslt, so doesn't appear so no.

[1] http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/extensions.html

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Thanks, looks like I'll have to find some other way