XSL and Textboxes

[Greg Rothlander]

I'm building an ASP page that is using XSL to transform an XML stream.
I've set up a very simple test that is just a user id and password. All
I want to do is get the user's current user id and password and display them
in two textboxes. Then I want to modify one or both and them and hit an
update button. Then the new values will stay and the database will be updated.

All I really need to know is how to control the displaying of data in the
textboxes via XSL. I can not get XSL to generate the Textboxes and put in
the values when the page is loaded.

It seems that the XSL samples I've seen and all the pages I've created are
just displaying data. What about input? Is XSL not able to handle this
or am I just not reading the right books?

Thanks for any information...

Greg

[Russell Jones]

Include one of these in your stylesheet to create a text input control.

<input type="text" name="txtSomething"><xsl:attribute
name="value"><xsl:value-of
select="yourselectpathhere"></xsl:attribute></input>

or, more simply, if the node containing the ID and password data is the
context node:
<input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="{@id}"/>

If the ID is an element rather than an attribute, leave out the @ sign in
the preceding example.

Russell Jones
Sr. Web Development Editor,
DevX.com

"Greg Rothlander" <grothlander@austin400.com> wrote in message
news:3b4cc9b9$1@news.devx.com...
>
> I'm building an ASP page that is using XSL to transform an XML stream.
> I've set up a very simple test that is just a user id and password. All
> I want to do is get the user's current user id and password and display
them
> in two textboxes. Then I want to modify one or both and them and hit an
> update button. Then the new values will stay and the database will be
updated.
>
> All I really need to know is how to control the displaying of data in the
> textboxes via XSL. I can not get XSL to generate the Textboxes and put in
> the values when the page is loaded.
>
> It seems that the XSL samples I've seen and all the pages I've created are
> just displaying data. What about input? Is XSL not able to handle this
> or am I just not reading the right books?
>
> Thanks for any information...
>
> Greg
>

[Greg Rothlander]

That for your example... it did help but I can not get the following to work
and I do not know what I'm doing wrong.

<input type="text" name="txtSomething">
<xsl:attribute name="value">
Enter your Name in this box
</xsl:attribute>
</input>

Any ideas why this wouldn't work?

This does, but I can not do anything programmatically with it.
<input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="Enter your Name in this box"
/>

Also, when I use the value="{.}" I end up with a text box with the {.} in
it.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for your help,
Greg Rothlander

"Russell Jones" <arj1@northstate.net> wrote:
>Include one of these in your stylesheet to create a text input control.
>
><input type="text" name="txtSomething"><xsl:attribute
>name="value"><xsl:value-of
>select="yourselectpathhere"></xsl:attribute></input>
>
>or, more simply, if the node containing the ID and password data is the
>context node:
><input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="{@id}"/>
>
>If the ID is an element rather than an attribute, leave out the @ sign in
>the preceding example.
>
>Russell Jones
>Sr. Web Development Editor,
>DevX.com
>
>"Greg Rothlander" <grothlander@austin400.com> wrote in message
>news:3b4cc9b9$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> I'm building an ASP page that is using XSL to transform an XML stream.
>> I've set up a very simple test that is just a user id and password. All
>> I want to do is get the user's current user id and password and display
>them
>> in two textboxes. Then I want to modify one or both and them and hit
an
>> update button. Then the new values will stay and the database will be
>updated.
>>
>> All I really need to know is how to control the displaying of data in
the
>> textboxes via XSL. I can not get XSL to generate the Textboxes and put
in
>> the values when the page is loaded.
>>
>> It seems that the XSL samples I've seen and all the pages I've created
are
>> just displaying data. What about input? Is XSL not able to handle this
>> or am I just not reading the right books?
>>
>> Thanks for any information...
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>

[Russell Jones]

What namespace are you using?

"Greg Rothlander" <grothlander@austin400.com> wrote in message
news:3b4e0c24$1@news.devx.com...
>
> That for your example... it did help but I can not get the following to
work
> and I do not know what I'm doing wrong.
>
> <input type="text" name="txtSomething">
> <xsl:attribute name="value">
> Enter your Name in this box
> </xsl:attribute>
> </input>
>
> Any ideas why this wouldn't work?
>
> This does, but I can not do anything programmatically with it.
> <input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="Enter your Name in this box"
> />
>
> Also, when I use the value="{.}" I end up with a text box with the {.} in
> it.
>
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Greg Rothlander
>
> "Russell Jones" <arj1@northstate.net> wrote:
> >Include one of these in your stylesheet to create a text input control.
> >
> ><input type="text" name="txtSomething"><xsl:attribute
> >name="value"><xsl:value-of
> >select="yourselectpathhere"></xsl:attribute></input>
> >
> >or, more simply, if the node containing the ID and password data is the
> >context node:
> ><input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="{@id}"/>
> >
> >If the ID is an element rather than an attribute, leave out the @ sign in
> >the preceding example.
> >
> >Russell Jones
> >Sr. Web Development Editor,
> >DevX.com
> >
> >"Greg Rothlander" <grothlander@austin400.com> wrote in message
> >news:3b4cc9b9$1@news.devx.com...
> >>
> >> I'm building an ASP page that is using XSL to transform an XML stream.
> >> I've set up a very simple test that is just a user id and password.
All
> >> I want to do is get the user's current user id and password and display
> >them
> >> in two textboxes. Then I want to modify one or both and them and hit
> an
> >> update button. Then the new values will stay and the database will be
> >updated.
> >>
> >> All I really need to know is how to control the displaying of data in
> the
> >> textboxes via XSL. I can not get XSL to generate the Textboxes and put
> in
> >> the values when the page is loaded.
> >>
> >> It seems that the XSL samples I've seen and all the pages I've created
> are
> >> just displaying data. What about input? Is XSL not able to handle
this
> >> or am I just not reading the right books?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any information...
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
> >
> >
>

[Greg Rothlander]

Well that may be the problem. I'm note using one as far as I now!

Here is a copy of the XSL file I was trying to convert using the method you
gave me. It's just a simple test of a combo box and I added a textbox to
it and tried to give it a value using the attribute method you suggested.
I've used the attribute method in the past and I didn't have any problems
with it. The following is the only way I could get it to work with a textbox.
Is there something else I need?

Thanks,
Greg

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
<xsl:template match="/">

<input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="Enter your name in this box"/>

<xsl:for-each select="select">
<select size="1" name="txtSelectName">
<option />
<xsl:for-each select="this/month">
<option>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</option>
</xsl:for-each>
</select>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

[CoolDude]

Ya Mistr,
Ya got serus probs, ta think ya ar not using namespace.
Dis is a fundamental of XSLT.
Ya better go do a curse.
Dude
"Greg Rothlander" <grothlander@austin400.com> wrote:
>
>Well that may be the problem. I'm note using one as far as I now!
>
>Here is a copy of the XSL file I was trying to convert using the method
you
>gave me. It's just a simple test of a combo box and I added a textbox to
>it and tried to give it a value using the attribute method you suggested.
> I've used the attribute method in the past and I didn't have any problems
>with it. The following is the only way I could get it to work with a textbox.
> Is there something else I need?
>
>Thanks,
>Greg
>
><?xml version="1.0" ?>
><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
><xsl:template match="/">
>
> <input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="Enter your name in this box"/>
>
> <xsl:for-each select="select">
> <select size="1" name="txtSelectName">
> <option />
> <xsl:for-each select="this/month">
> <option>
> <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </option>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </select>
> </xsl:for-each>
></xsl:template>
></xsl:stylesheet>

[Scott Bockelman]

I think what Professor Jones meant was what namespace is decalred for the
version of XSL. I can see from your source that you are using an older namespace,
originally supporting the draft recommendation of XSL, but not the current
spec. In any case, the MSXML parser should support the syntax implemented
in that draft when you specify that namespace.

That explains why the {.} syntax is not supported.

NOW,

here's how you might create the Text Box:

<xsl:element name="input">
<xsl:attribute name="type">text</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="name">txtSelectName</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="size">25</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="value">Enter your name in this box</xsl:attribute>

</xsl:element>


Hope this helps,

Scott



"Greg Rothlander" <grothlander@austin400.com> wrote:
>
>Well that may be the problem. I'm note using one as far as I now!
>
>Here is a copy of the XSL file I was trying to convert using the method
you
>gave me. It's just a simple test of a combo box and I added a textbox to
>it and tried to give it a value using the attribute method you suggested.
> I've used the attribute method in the past and I didn't have any problems
>with it. The following is the only way I could get it to work with a textbox.
> Is there something else I need?
>
>Thanks,
>Greg
>
><?xml version="1.0" ?>
><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
><xsl:template match="/">
>
> <input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="Enter your name in this box"/>
>
> <xsl:for-each select="select">
> <select size="1" name="txtSelectName">
> <option />
> <xsl:for-each select="this/month">
> <option>
> <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </option>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </select>
> </xsl:for-each>
></xsl:template>
></xsl:stylesheet>