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  • jonathan Cook
    #1

    javascript entities

    I would like to set the value of a hidden input field to the value of
    a javascript variable.

    In HTML I have successfully done this by:
    <input type="hidden" name="context" value="&{exists };"/>

    However I now wish to put this into an xsl file and it complains about
    the { characters.

    If I change them so that I have:
    <input type="hidden" name="context" value="&lsaquo; exists&rsaquo;"/>

    Then I get an error along the lines of the entity lsaquo was
    referenced, but not declared.

    Bit stuck and would appreciate some help

    Jonathan Cook
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    • McKirahan
      #2
      Re: javascript entities

      "jonathan Cook" <jonathan@erars .demon.co.uk> wrote in message
      news:7f13b95.04 09220948.76d1d4 2b@posting.goog le.com...[color=blue]
      > I would like to set the value of a hidden input field to the value of
      > a javascript variable.
      >
      > In HTML I have successfully done this by:
      > <input type="hidden" name="context" value="&{exists };"/>
      >
      > However I now wish to put this into an xsl file and it complains about
      > the { characters.
      >
      > If I change them so that I have:
      > <input type="hidden" name="context" value="&lsaquo; exists&rsaquo;"/>
      >
      > Then I get an error along the lines of the entity lsaquo was
      > referenced, but not declared.
      >
      > Bit stuck and would appreciate some help
      >
      > Jonathan Cook[/color]

      I haven't heard of that before; where can I learn more?

      Should the following work? -- it doesn't for me.

      <html>
      <head>
      <title>var2html .htm</title>
      <script type="text/javascript">
      var http = "http://www.Google.com/";
      </script>
      </head>
      <body>
      <form>
      <input type="text" name="context" value="&{http}; "/>
      </form>
      </body>
      </html>


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        • Michael Winter
          #3
          Re: javascript entities

          On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:03:19 GMT, McKirahan <News@McKirahan .com> wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > "jonathan Cook" <jonathan@erars .demon.co.uk> wrote in message
          > news:7f13b95.04 09220948.76d1d4 2b@posting.goog le.com...
          >[color=green]
          >> I would like to set the value of a hidden input field to the value of a
          >> javascript variable.
          >>
          >> In HTML I have successfully done this by:
          >> <input type="hidden" name="context" value="&{exists };"/>[/color][/color]

          Really? I can only get it to work with NN4[1], which is hardly worth the
          effort.
          [color=blue][color=green]
          >> However I now wish to put this into an xsl file and it complains about
          >> the { characters.[/color][/color]

          Can't say I know the requirements of XSL.
          [color=blue][color=green]
          >> If I change them so that I have:
          >> <input type="hidden" name="context" value="&lsaquo; exists&rsaquo;"/>[/color][/color]

          &lsaquo; isn't the same character as {. It's actually closer in form to
          angle brackets. &#0123; and &#0125; are the left and right braces,
          respectively.

          [snip]
          [color=blue]
          > I haven't heard of that before; where can I learn more?[/color]

          As I said at the outset, it isn't well supported at all (at least in my
          experience). The Netscape JavaScript Guide for JS v1.3 mentions it briefly:

          <URL:http://devedge.netscap e.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/guide/embed.html#1013 293>
          [color=blue]
          > Should the following work? -- it doesn't for me.[/color]

          In NN4, it does. Not in any other browser I've got, though.

          [snip

          Mike


          [1] Other browsers tried: IE6, Opera 7.54, Netscape 7.2, Mozilla Firefox
          0.9.3, and all major version of Mozilla from 1.0 to 1.7.3.

          --
          Michael Winter
          Replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply by e-mail.

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