Forgive my ignorance but what makes a parameter global?

"Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" wrote:

> EdwardH wrote:
> > Am trying to pass parameter to xslt via xml control from <a href:
> > 
> >     Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As 
> > System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
> >         theatre = Request.QueryString("theatre")
> >         Xml1.TransformSource = Server.MapPath("SingleWE.xslt")
> >         Dim doc As System.Xml.XmlDocument = New System.Xml.XmlDocument
> >         Dim xsla As XsltArgumentList = New XsltArgumentList    
> >         Dim trans As System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform = New 
> > System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform 
> >         doc.Load(Server.MapPath("WestEnd.xml"))
> >         xsla.AddParam(theatre, "", "")
> >         trans.Load(Server.MapPath("SingleWE.xslt"))
> >         Xml1.Document = doc
> >         Xml1.TransformArgumentList = xsla
> >         Xml1.Transform = trans
> > 
> > using in xslt:
> > <xsl:param name="theatre"/>
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="Data/Item[Theatre = $theatre]"/>
> > <xsl:value-of select="$theatre"/>
> > 
> > does not find string. What have I done wrong?
> 
> You can only pass a value to a global parameter. Make your xsl:param to 
> be a children of xsl:stylesheet.
> 
> -- 
> Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, MCPD]
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>