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[sunilkumar ssuparasmul]

hai all,
i want to invoke a function on onclick of a event through XSL.
I wanted to sort using XSL dynamically , the parameter for sorting will be provuded on ONCLICK EVENT. is there a way to do in XSL bcos the W3c standard does not support this but microsoft has his own specific tags to do it like
xsl:script and xsl:eval but w3c does not recommend this
please help me out
i badly need this for my project

[Mapraputa Is]

As far as my knolwge goes, you cannot call JavaScript function from XSLT without leaving XSL 1.0 spec. �Script� element was proposed in 1.1 specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt11/
14.4 Defining Extension Functions
but I suppose we will have to wait a little before this specification will be supported.
However, here is a similar problem:
�I'am trying to sort the data when I click on the header's names and I would let the data(information's) to display in right order(alphabeta), I have tryied to use Java script but I would prefer to use xsl if it is possible.�
an answer given is a JavaScript which perform sorting. I am afraid you will have to register with ExpertExchange to view it.

[Marius Holm]

Hi Sunilkumar.
How do you get hold of the onclick event? Through JavaScript?

[sunilkumar ssuparasmul]

hai,
i am not using JAVSCRipt , the problem ccan be solved by xsl:script tag which is specific to microsoft bcos w3c std does not state this.and apart from it there are lots of tAGS WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO ms. wat i wanted toi know is it possible to do it in a way as per w3c norm.
hopw i am clear. oif u still have doubts plz get in touch

[Mapraputa Is]

To check if I understand your requirements:
1. you will have your XML transformed into HTML
2. user will see HTML in his/her browser and should be able to choose parameters for sorting dynamically. Say, it will be a table and user can sort it by clicking on column's header.
3. column's header (whether link, or button, or something else) will be defined with ONCLICK = �<some code for sorting>� attribute.
Your question is how you write this <some code for sorting>, which will supposedly call XSL for sorting?
My understanding is: after XML -> HTML transformation is performed, browser is unaware that a source of HTML was XML/XSLT gang, it is just HTML, like any other �pure HTML� file. That means you cannot call XSL functions directly, you have to use some intermediate software layer, like
Cocoon.
However, if somebody knows a way to call XSLT processing from resulting HTML, please, correct me
[This message has been edited by Mapraputa Is (edited March 16, 2001).]