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how do i pass an image source over from xml using xslt?

hi,

i am trying to get an image to display in a table on a html page generated by an xsl dcoument.

i am using this line <img> <img src="untitled.bmp"> </img>
but it will convert the same over in the generated html page. how do i send over the < and > tags so they are formetted for html?

thanks in advance

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Gertone (Geert Bormans)

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kipl20

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worked perfect thanks

i used this

<td><xsl:value-of select="img" disable-output-escaping="yes"/></td>

abel

If this is your XSLT:

<xsl:template match="/"> <img> <img src="untitled.bmp"> </img></xsl:template>

then indeed you will have the behavior you mentioned. Instead, try this:

<xsl:template match="/"> <img src="untitled.bmp" /> </xsl:template>

you should not try to make elements out of text in XML/XSLT. Instead, just declare them as elements and you should be fine.

Gertone (Geert Bormans)

welcome

abel

aha, that was quick, Geert! Answered and accepted while I was still typing ;-)

And I see now that the resolved bugs of EE did not really work with &gt etc. I meant the following (for completeness sake, though the original problem was already solved):

<!-- wrong -->
<xsl:template match="/">
  <img> &lt;img src="untitled.bmp"&gt; </img>
</xsl:template>
 
<!-- correct -->
<xsl:template match="/">
  <img src="untitled.bmp" />
</xsl:template>

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