Re: [xsl] XMLDOM xml to html translation problem

[Joseph Coffman <jcoffman at rospo1 dot bbn dot com>]

thanks all, I installed msxml3 and xmlinst.exe and everything's working 
like butter.  you all rock, thanks!

At 12:02 PM 8/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>This is a common problem.  You have a mismatch between the stylesheet
>language and the processor.  This is indicated by the xsl namespace declared
>in the stylesheet.  There are two possibilities:
>
>1) The stylesheet is for xslt 1.0, but your server has an old version of the
>Microsoft xml processor (or it has msxml3.dll but not installed in "replace"
>mode"). This is the most likely case.  This is happening if the namespace is
>
>xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>
>2) The stylesheet is for the obsolete Microsoft language they called "XSL",
>but you have a newer version of the processor installed.  In this case, the
>namespace would be
>
>  xmlns:msxsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl
>For case 1) you have to get msxsml3.dll from Microsoft and install it, then
>get xmlinst.exe from them and run it to cause the new processor to actually
>be used by your server.
>For case 2), you need to rewrite the stylesheet using xslt 1.0.  This will
>go beyond changing the namespace.
>Cheers,
>Tom P
>[Joseph Coffman]
> > I've searched high and low for a solution to this seemingly simple
> > problem.  I'm using ASP on a win2000 server machine running IIS5.0 and
> > attempting to translate an xml to html using an xslt script I have
> > written.  I have found code in numerous places doing this translation
> > serverside using the XMLDOM transformNode method.  I have attempted to
>copy
> > the code but as yet have been unable to make it function correctly.
>Rather
> > than printing the translated HTML, it prints the xsl document to the
>client
> > browser.  Included below is the actual code being used, I would appreciate
> > any feedback.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
>****************************************************************************
>*
> > <%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>
> > <!--#include file="adovbs.inc"-->
> >
> > <%
> >    resume_file = Request.querystring("resume")
> >
> >    xml_file = Server.Mappath("xml/" + resume_file)
> >    xsl_file = Server.Mappath("xml/resume.xsl")
> >
> >    set xmlPage = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
> >    xmlPage.async = false
> >    xmlPage.load(xml_file)
> >
> >    set xmlStyle = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
> >    xmlStyle.async = false
> >    xmlStyle.load(xsl_file)
> >
> >    Response.Write xmlPage.transformNode(xmlStyle)
> > %>
> >
>****************************************************************************
>*
> > At this point the client browser receives the xmlStyle page, NOT the
> > translated page.  Any idea why?
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Joseph Coffman
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