Jason, if I were you, I'd use the RequestGenerator. You will get a nice XML with all the form parameters ready for further processing.
Best regards, --------------------------------------------- Luca Morandini GIS Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://utenti.tripod.it/lmorandini/index.html --------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Advice re: Stylesheet Parameters > > > I was hoping to get some advice from the group on the "proper" way to > acquire stylesheet parameters from a user and to use them in a > transformation. > > My plan is to have an HTML form (an XForm can come later) that collects the > values for all sorts of parameters, such as... > > <xsl:param name="generate.index" select="1"/> > <xsl:param name="toc.section.depth">2</xsl:param> > > ... and to collect these parameters once the form is submitted. > > I realize that there are a number of ways that I could do this, but I was > hoping that the list could help me enumerate my choices and provide > information on the strengths and weaknesses of each choice. One thing to > keep in mind is that a number of these parameters are best represented as > checkboxes, so I will have to deal with the usual problem of HTML form > encoding :( > > This information is likely to be of use to other Cocoon users, so I will > volunteer to collate and submit the results to the list. > > Thanks for any help. > > Jason Foster > > P.S. For those of you who are wondering, I'm trying to create a "Test Your > DocBook" web page where you can upload your source file and have a PDF file > returned. Thanks to Saxon and the new ability to specify a custom > TransformerFactory on a per-pipeline basis, I've already got this partially > working. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>