JS function call as XSL output?

[Evlich]

Hello, I am working with an xsl file that I want to create a scroller, but the scroller is not completely self contained and it needs to call a javascript function called addScroller() in order to start working. Is there a way that I can do this? This is what I have written right now:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="scroller">
 <div id="spacer{generate-id()}" style="height: {@height}px; width: {@width}px;"></div>
 <div id="clipper{generate-id()}" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px;">
  <div id="scroller{generate-id()}" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px;"></div>
 </div>
 <script type="text/javascript">
  <xsl:text>addScroller(getElement('spacer</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="generate-id()"/><xsl:text>'), getElement('clipper</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="generate-id()"/><xsl:text>'), getElement('scroller</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="generate-id()"/><xsl:text>'), </xsl:text>
  <xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="not(element-available('speed')) or @speed = 'normal'">
    <xsl:text>30</xsl:text>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:when test="@speed = 'fastest'">
    <xsl:text>20</xsl:text>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:when test="@speed = 'fast'">
    <xsl:text>25</xsl:text>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:when test="@speed = 'slow'">
    <xsl:text>35</xsl:text>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:when test="@speed = 'slowest'">
    <xsl:text>40</xsl:text>
   </xsl:when>
  </xsl:choose>
 <xsl:apply-templates select="text" mode="scroll"/>
 <xsl:text>);</xsl:text>
 </script>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text" mode="scroll">
 <xsl:text>,"</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="."/><xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Thanks a lot for your help.

[mpjbrennan]

Can you not just generate a <script type="text/javascript" href="somefile.js"></script> line in your page and let that do the business for you?

patrick

[brothercake]

I haven't run through your code specifically, but the general approach seems okay - I've done similair things - using XSL to generate a set of js arrays.

You might find that if you set the <xsl:output/> to text, it's easier to work with. But otherwise - what's actually the problem?

[Evlich]

I can't just include another js file, I already do to get the function addScroller(), because the call has to be specific to the generate-id().