<anywherenotes@g...> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to call executable while performing xslt?
> So what I need, is to open an xml file (with embeded xsl document) in
> IE, and xsl would run executable to get part of data.
>
> My xml document contains data that has to be passed to executable to
> get additional data, for example, by document can contain stock name,
> and executable can lookup the price of the stock based on the name, so
> that the final output (on IE screen) would contain the stock name and
> price.
> The xml file and program are not looking up stock symbols, I am just
> trying illustrate why one would need this functionality.
>
> Is it possible to do what I am describing? (calling executable from xsl
> file?)
> This is not intended to hack anyone's system.  The file will be on the
> machine on which the browser is being opened, it's not being downloaded
> off the internet - it's a local file, so no security issues.
>
> Thank you.
> Alex


XSL will be subject to the same restrictions a IE.

But it would be something like this:-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
 xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
  xmlns:script="urn:schemas-mycompany-com:script"
 >
 <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="UTF-8" />
  <msxsl:script language="JScript" implements-prefix="script">
function myFunc(nodelist) {
 var aObject = new ActiveXObject("myLib.myClass")
 return aObject.DoSomething(nodelist)
}
  </msxsl:script>

 <xsl:template match="/ | @* | * | node()">
  <xsl:copy>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | * | node()" />
  </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="stkcode">
  <xsl:copy><xsl:value-of select="script:myFunc(.)" /></xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

In this example all elements with the tag 'stkcode' are passed to a method
called DoSomething on an instance of a myLib.myClass object.  The return
value is inserted in to the output.

Your myLib.dll will need to be installed and marked safe for scripting.

Anthony.