Re: How can I include html in my xml file ? with copy-of...

Here's an example.

WARNING!
I'm using the newer XSLT namespace, not the XSL namespace that works with
the XML parser shipped with IE. For the example to work, you'll need to
download and install a more recent version of the msxml.dll parser from
MSDN. Be sure to run the xmlinst.exe file to install the parser in "replace"
mode.
If you don't want or are unable to upgrade your parser version, here's the
relevant information you'll need.
1. Place the HTML inside a CDATA section. That prevents the XML parser from
parsing the contents and raising errors if the HTML isn't perfectly
formatted for XML.
2. Include the disable-output-escaping="yes" attribute when you retrieve the
contents of the CDATA section. That prevents the parser from substituting
entities for the invalid XML characters (such as the angle brackets, quotes,
etc.)

Place this XML file: called "htmltest.xml"

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="htmltest.xsl"?>
<root>
<description>
<![CDATA[
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>Test file</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY><h1>My Heading 1</h1>
</BODY></HTML>]]>
</description>
</root>

and this XSL file, called "htmltest.xsl", in the same directory.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="root/description"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="description">
<xsl:value-of select="." disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Now browse to the htmltest.xml file with IE5. The browser displays the HTML
document stored in the CDATA section.

Russell Jones
Sr. Web Development Editor
DevX.com

"jerome" <jerome.albessard@wtcm.be> wrote in message
news:3a7aa073$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Finally I found a solution...
>
> if the html text is wel formatted, why not just copy all the element as is
> by the <xsl:copy-of select="."/> method...
>
>
> "djer" <jerome.albessard@wtcm.be> wrote:
> >
> >hello,
> >
> >second basic question:
> >I have a xml file with the element description who's contains html
formatted
> >text:
> >
> ><description>
> > <H1>some html formatted text</H1>
> ></description>
> >
> >and I would like retrieve this with xsl by
> >
> ><xsl:template match="description">
> > <value-of select=".">
> ></xsl:template>
> >
> >and have as result an html file with
> >
> > <H1>some html formatted text</H1>
> >
> >it's possible ?
> >
> >thankxx
> >
> >djer
>