Quick question about XML/XSL

[BGM]

Hey there,

Im making a form from a standard xml sheet using xsl to transform it to html... iv got a problem in that when i make the input fields, they show up ok but i cannot actually type anything into them... so basically iv got a text input field that wont accept text!

I can however copy and paste into the box. The form works fine and sends off the data as it shoudl, yet i cant actually type the data in in the first palce. Does anyone have any idea how i can rectify this...

The code im using for the fields is similar to

First Name: <input name="f_name" type="text" class="form"/>

I think my problem may be that trailing slash just before the end '>' but without it, browsers throw it out saying its not valid xsl..

If someone could tell me the standard format for including a form field into an xsl sheet, that would be great as i thought id just finished this, and its really bugging me..

Thanks very very much!!

 

[BGM]

Right scratch that...

it just suddenly started working, im now even more confused becasue i dont know why. I didnt change anything!!

Ill go look at it more closely

 

[Tnadrev]

let us know... thats an odd problem


its also best practice to put a space after the past property and the trailing slash

ie <tag attribute="value" />

 

[:LJ:]

If you're using IE to test it, then it's probably because it's caching the XSLT, thus the sudden correctness....

 

[BGM]

im actually using firefox to test it.. probably not the greatest plan seeing as its not final yet.. im going to test in another browser..

it seems to work eventually when i tab back and forth from the firefox window and any other program... i just have to do it continually till it works...

ok, so after a test in IE, it seems to all work good.. guess i found a limitation of firefox.. really irritating that!! Even more so becasue this is a piece of work for uni, and i know that my lecturer uses mozilla to test the sites in... grr..

 

[b0b0b0b]

You need to set the xsl output type to html.

<xsl:output method = "html"/>

A google search turns up this page that might give you more info and context:

http://www.vbxml.com/xsl/articles/xsl_transformations/default15.asp

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