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<TITLE>Dynamically Generated XSLT
Michael Floyd
January 2001
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<BODY ONLOAD="Parse()">
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function Parse()
{
// Create a Document object and report the results.
// The following instantiate different versions of the MSXML parser
// Version 1 ProgID: Microsoft.XMLDOM
// Version 2 ProgID: MSXML2.DOMDocument
// Version 3 ProgID: MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0
// var xmlDocument = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
var xslDocument = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument");
// var xslDocument = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0");
xslDocument.load("template.xsl");
if (xslDocument.documentElement == null)
alert("Document is null");
else {
// Create the Root Template
var templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
xslDocument.documentElement.lastChild.setAttribute("match", "/");
var htmlElem = xslDocument.createElement("HTML");
xslDocument.documentElement.lastChild.appendChild(htmlElem);
var bodyElem = xslDocument.createElement("BODY");
htmlElem.appendChild(bodyElem);
// Link in a CSS style sheet
var linkTag = xslDocument.createElement("LINK");
linkTag.setAttribute("REL","STYLESHEET");
linkTag.setAttribute("TYPE","text/css");
linkTag.setAttribute("href","g:/inetpub/wwwroot/rocket/stylesheets/
themes/traditional/ie5/traditional.css");
bodyElem.appendChild(linkTag);
// Create a DIV tag to apply CSS styles
var divElem = xslDocument.createElement("DIV");
divElem.setAttribute("CLASS", "BoxCopy");
bodyElem.appendChild(divElem);
// Get the data from the XML document
var xslValueOf = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:value-of");
xslValueOf.setAttribute("select", "article/headline");
divElem.appendChild(xslValueOf);
// Display the deck
divElem = xslDocument.createElement("DIV");
divElem.setAttribute("CLASS", "deck");
bodyElem.appendChild(divElem);
xslValueOf = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:value-of");
xslValueOf.setAttribute("select", "article/deck");
divElem.appendChild(xslValueOf);
// Display the byline
divElem = xslDocument.createElement("DIV");
divElem.setAttribute("CLASS", "byline");
bodyElem.appendChild(divElem);
xslValueOf = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:value-of");
xslValueOf.setAttribute("select", "article/byline");
divElem.appendChild(xslValueOf);
// Display the article body
divElem = xslDocument.createElement("DIV");
divElem.setAttribute("CLASS", "aBody");
bodyElem.appendChild(divElem);
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
xslApplyTemplates.setAttribute("select", "article/aBody");
divElem.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// *** Add additional templates
// aBody Template
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "aBody");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
var pTag = xslDocument.createElement("P");
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
templateElem.appendChild(pTag);
pTag.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// para1 Template
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "para1");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
var pTag = xslDocument.createElement("P");
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
templateElem.appendChild(pTag);
pTag.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// para Template
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "para");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
var pTag = xslDocument.createElement("P");
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
templateElem.appendChild(pTag);
pTag.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// para2 Template
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "para2");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
var pTag = xslDocument.createElement("P");
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
templateElem.appendChild(pTag);
pTag.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// dropCap Template
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "dropCap");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
var divElem = xslDocument.createElement("DIV");
divElem.setAttribute("CLASS", "dropCap");
templateElem.appendChild(divElem);
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
divElem.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// Template to display italics
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "italic");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
var italTag = xslDocument.createElement("I");
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
templateElem.appendChild(italTag);
italTag.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// Template to display italics
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "bold");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
var boldTag = xslDocument.createElement("B");
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
templateElem.appendChild(boldTag);
boldTag.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// Template to display hyperlinks
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "link");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
var xslElement = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:element");
xslElement.setAttribute("name","A");
templateElem.appendChild(xslElement);
var xslAttribute = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:attribute");
xslAttribute.setAttribute("name","href");
xslElement.appendChild(xslAttribute);
xslValueOf = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:value-of");
xslValueOf.setAttribute("select","@href");
xslAttribute.appendChild(xslValueOf);
xslApplyTemplates = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:apply-
templates");
xslElement.appendChild(xslApplyTemplates);
// Add the text() template **required only by MSXML***
templateElem = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:template");
templateElem.setAttribute("match", "text()");
xslDocument.documentElement.appendChild(templateElem);
xslValueOf = xslDocument.createElement("xsl:value-of");
templateElem.appendChild(xslValueOf);
// Depending upon permissions, this call may or may not work. If
// you receive a file permissions error, rename this file
// with a .hta
// file extension and rerun.
xslDocument.save("stylesheet.xsl");
alert("Document Saved in stylesheet.xml");
} // else
} // Parse
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