Re: [xsl] Creating frames, bookmarks, TOC using 1 stylesheet

[Jeni Tennison <mail at jenitennison dot com>]

Hi Nazrul,

> Can I create a page with 2 frames and put the TOC on the left side
> and the contents on the right side that links to each other based on
> the bookmarks using only 1 stylesheet?

Yes and no.

The 'no' is that HTML does not allow you to embed the content of a
frame within the definition of a frame - they have to be from separate
files. But each run of an XSLT 1.0 stylesheet without any extensions
can only produce one document at a time.  So you cannot create two
frames from the same stylesheet at the same time if you're using XSLT
1.0.

The 'yes' is that there are extension elements like exsl:document,
saxon:output or xalan:redirect that allow you to create more than one
document from one run of the stylesheet.  So you could create both
frames from one run of the stylesheet, and create a frameset document
that references those two frames.  This way of doing things is best if
you're using static XSLT, i.e. in a batch process.

The other 'yes' is that you can use the same stylesheet to give you
two different types of output based on a parameter value.  So you
could use a script to manage applying the stylesheet first to get the
ToC, then to get the content, and populate the frames accordingly.
This works if you're doing client-side transformation.

I should point out that from the code that you posted it looks as
though you're using the old Microsoft-specific dialect rather than
XSLT 1.0.  Have a look at the MSXML FAQ at
http://www.netcrucible.com/xslt/msxml-faq.htm to learn more about the
differences.

I hope that helps,

Jeni

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