I think I missunderstood something ...

I have this xml-file:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xml2html.xsl"?>
<a>
    <b>
        <c>ccc</c>
    </b>
    <d>
        <e>eee</e>
    </d>
</a>

and this stylesheet:

<xsl:stylesheet version='1.0'
   xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'
   xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" 
   >
   
   <xsl:output method="text"/>
   <xsl:variable name="theParmNodes" select="//namespace::*[local-name() =
      'myNamespace']"/>
   <xsl:template match="/">
      <xsl:variable name="theResult">
         <xsl:for-each select="$theParmNodes">
            <xsl:variable name="theNode" select="."/>
            <xsl:for-each select="$theNode |
               $theNode/ancestor-or-self::node()[..]">
               <xsl:element name="slash">/</xsl:element>
               <xsl:choose>
                  <xsl:when test="self::*">			
                     <xsl:element name="nodeName">
                        <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
                        <xsl:variable name="thisPosition" 
                           select="count(preceding-sibling::*[name(current()) = 
                           name()])"/>
                        <xsl:variable name="numFollowing" 
                           select="count(following-sibling::*[name(current()) = 
                           name()])"/>
                        <xsl:if test="$thisPosition + $numFollowing > 0">
                           <xsl:value-of select="concat('[', $thisPosition +
                              1, ']')"/>
                        </xsl:if>
                     </xsl:element>
                  </xsl:when>
                  <xsl:otherwise> <!-- This node is not an element -->
                     <xsl:choose>
                        <xsl:when test="count(. | ../@*) = count(../@*)">	
                           <!-- Attribute -->
                           <xsl:element name="nodeName">
                              <xsl:value-of select="concat('@',name())"/>
                           </xsl:element>
                        </xsl:when>		
                        <xsl:when test="self::text()">	<!-- Text -->
                           <xsl:element name="nodeName">
                              <xsl:value-of select="'text()'"/>
                              <xsl:variable name="thisPosition" 
                                 select="count(preceding-sibling::text())"/>
                              <xsl:variable name="numFollowing" 
                                 select="count(following-sibling::text())"/>
                              <xsl:if test="$thisPosition + $numFollowing > 0">
                                 <xsl:value-of select="concat('[', $thisPosition + 
                                    1, ']')"/>
                              </xsl:if>
                           </xsl:element>
                        </xsl:when>		
                        <xsl:when test="self::processing-instruction()">
                           <!-- Processing Instruction -->
                           <xsl:element name="nodeName">
                              <xsl:value-of select="'processing-instruction()'"/>
                              <xsl:variable name="thisPosition" 
                                 select="count(preceding-sibling::processing-instruction())"/>
                              <xsl:variable name="numFollowing" 
                                 select="count(following-sibling::processing-instruction())"/>
                              <xsl:if test="$thisPosition + $numFollowing > 0">
                                 <xsl:value-of select="concat('[', $thisPosition + 
                                    1, ']')"/>
                              </xsl:if>
                           </xsl:element>
                        </xsl:when>		
                        <xsl:when test="self::comment()">	<!-- Comment -->
                           <xsl:element name="nodeName">
                              <xsl:value-of select="'comment()'"/>
                              <xsl:variable name="thisPosition" 
                                 select="count(preceding-sibling::comment())"/>
                              <xsl:variable name="numFollowing" 
                                 select="count(following-sibling::comment())"/>
                              <xsl:if test="$thisPosition + $numFollowing > 0">
                                 <xsl:value-of select="concat('[', $thisPosition + 
                                    1, ']')"/>
                              </xsl:if>
                           </xsl:element>
                        </xsl:when>		
                        <!-- Namespace: -->
                        <xsl:when test="count(. | ../namespace::*) = 
                           count(../namespace::*)">
                           
                           <xsl:variable name="apos">'</xsl:variable>
                           <xsl:element name="nodeName">
                              <xsl:value-of select="concat('namespace::*', 
                                 '[local-name() = ', $apos, local-name(), $apos, ']')"/>
                              
                           </xsl:element>
                        </xsl:when>		
                     </xsl:choose>
                  </xsl:otherwise>			
               </xsl:choose>
            </xsl:for-each>
            <xsl:text>&#xA;</xsl:text>
         </xsl:for-each>
      </xsl:variable>
      <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($theResult)"/>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Initially I tried with the XSL-debugger of Oxygen, but that brought the error mentioned below; if I try it just with Internet Explorer I get no result at all (blank page).

Did I forget a step?

Cheers,
Markus

----- Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Markus,
> 
> Depending on your processor, you can try:
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="exslt:node-set($theResult)"/>
> where you bind exslt (or whatever prefix you like) to
> "http://exslt.org/common"
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="saxon:node-set($theResult)"/>
> where you bind saxon (or whatever prefix you like) to
> "http://saxon.sf.net" (but I remember saxon supports exslt extensions,
> so you can use the previous
> 
> If you use a browser processor, the original should work like below, I
> think (never tried it myself) when you are in IE, but when you are in
> Gecko, you are out of luck, there is no node-set extension function
> available in TransformIIX (the xslt parser for Gecko). In Opera:
> please see a recent discussion on this list about the subject.
> 
> In any case, best chances are that exslt nodeset will work.
> 
> Cheers,
> Abel Braaksma
> http://www.nuntia.nl
>  
> 
> 
> 
> LINKE Markus wrote:
> > I've tried it but I receive an:
> >
> > SystemID: xxx.xsl
> > Location: 98:0
> > Description: The URI urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt does not
> identify an external Java class
> >
> > error message at this location:
> >
> >       </xsl:variable>
> >       <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($theResult)"/> <!-- here
> -->
> >    </xsl:template>
> >
> > ???
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> > Markus