Re: [docbook-apps] getting text from external xml file

[Marie Sauvage - EBM WebSourcing]

Great it works ! I did this in the ant build file to pass the pom file to the fo.xsl (I manage several projects, my task is dynamic) :     <property name="pom" value="${basedir}/../${project.dir}/pom.xml" />     <xslt basedir="${basedir}" style="${style.file}"           in="tmpfile" out="${output}" extension="${extension}">       <param name="pomfile" _expression_="${pom}" />       [...] Then, in my fo.xsl I add this to create the param :   <xsl:param name="pomfile"></xsl:param> and get the version in it as you said : <xsl:value-of select="document($pomfile)/ms:project/ms:version"/> thank you very much for your precious help ! Marie. Dave Pawson a écrit : Marie Sauvage - EBM WebSourcing wrote: To pass it as a parameter would be easy for me, as I get it in my ant script before to call the generation ! How can I pass it as a parameter ? >From the command line, saxon inputFile.xml stylesheet.xsl date=2007-07031 But can you tell me more about the xpath solution ? or maybe give me a link to where to find doc about it ? I think it could be better to have it directly in the stylesheet. With the input file <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>     <name>My Project</name>     <artifactId>my-project</artifactId>     <groupId>my.group</groupId>     *<version>1.5</version>* xmlns:ms="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" It would be <xsl:value-of select="document('x.xml')/ms:project/ms:version"/> if you wanted version or <xsl:value-of select="document('x.xml')/ms:project/ms:ModelVersion"/> to get 4.0.0 regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]