Problem invoking javascrip inside XSLT

[sdzahed]

Hi,

Iam very new to XSLT and XML. I am trying to invoke a javascript function from inside my xslt documen. The javascript snippet is as follows:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" 
xmlns:js="urn:custom-javascript" 
exclude-result-prefixes="msxsl js" > 

<msxsl:script language = "JavaScript" implements-prefix = "js">
<![CDATA[

function compareCsvs (firstString,secondString) {

var firstArray=firstString.split(",");
var secondArray = secondString.split(",");
var result = "";

if ((firstString == "") || (secondString == ""))
return firstString;

for ( var i = 0; i < firstArray.length ; i++){
if ( firstArray[i] == secondArray[i] ) {
result = result + firstArray[i];
} else {
result = result + "<font color=#FF0000>"+ firstArray[i] + "</font>";
}
if (i != (firstArray.length - 1)){
result = result + ",";
}
}
return result;
}

]]>
</msxsl:script>

But whenver I try to see the output in IE 8, I am getting the error:

"Microsoft JScript runtime error Object doesn't support this property or method line = 7, col = 3 (line is offset from the st..."

I have tried to look up a solution online, but have failed so far. Any help is really appreciated.

Thanks in Advance,
Z

[pritaeas]

What line is line 7 ? You can see if you choose to debug the javascript error in IE8. It will be the highlighted line.

[sdzahed]

Thanks for your reply.

The problem was not with the function, but with the way I was invoking it. Earlier I was invoking the function as follows:

<xsl:value-of select="js:compareCsvs(file1data,$file2data))"  />

As you can see I was not specifically typecasting the input arguements to string, which was causing the error. I changed it as follows to make it work.

<xsl:value-of select="js:compareCsvs(string($file1data),string($file2data),string($type))" disable-output-escaping="yes" />

.

Thanks.