Walkthrough: Using XSLT IntelliSense

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This walkthrough demonstrates how to use XSLT IntelliSense to auto-complete value of some attributes.

To use IntelliSense in the name attribute of xsl:with-param and xsl:call-template elements

  1. Create a new XSLT file and copy in the following code:

    <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<!-- These 2 elements effectively assign
     $messages = resources/en.xml/<messages>,
     then $messages is used in the "localized-message" template.  -->
<xsl:param name="lang">en</xsl:param>
<xsl:variable name="messages"
      select="document(concat('resources/', $lang, '.xml'))/messages"/> 

<xsl:template name="msg23" match="msg23">
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="localized-message">
  <xsl:param name="msgcode"/>
  <!-- Show message string. -->
  <xsl:message terminate="yes">
    <xsl:value-of select="$messages/message[@name=$msgcode]"/>
  </xsl:message>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

  2. Insert your cursor after <xsl:template name="msg23" match="msg23"> and press ENTER. Then start typing the following xsl:call-template element:

      <xsl:call-template name="localized-message">
  </xsl:call-template>

    The list of template names appears in the name="" attribute of the xsl:call-template element as you type.

  3. Insert your cursor after <xsl:call-template name="localized-message"> and press ENTER. Then start typing the following xsl:with-param element:

    <xsl:with-param name="msgcode">msg23</xsl:with-param>

    The list of parameter names appears in the name="" attribute of the xsl:with-param element.

To use IntelliSense in the mode attribute of an xsl:apply-templates element

  1. Create a new XSLT file and copy in the following code:

    <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <HTML>
      <BODY>
        <TABLE>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="customers/customer">
            <xsl:sort select="state"/>
            <xsl:sort select="name"/>
          </xsl:apply-templates>
        </TABLE>

      </BODY>
    </HTML>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="customer">
    <TR>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="name" />
      <xsl:apply-templates select="address" />
      <xsl:apply-templates select="phone" />
    </TR>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="name">
    <TD STYLE="font-size:14pt font-family:serif">
      <xsl:apply-templates />
    </TD>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="address">
    <TD>
      <xsl:apply-templates />
    </TD>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="phone">
    <TD>
      <xsl:apply-templates />
    </TD>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="phone" mode="accountNumber">
    <xsl:param name="Area_Code"/>
    <TD STYLE="font-style:italic">
      1-<xsl:value-of select="."/>-001
    </TD>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

  2. Insert your cursor after <xsl:apply-templates select="phone" /> and press ENTER. Then start typing the following xsl: apply-templates element:

      <xsl:apply-templates select="phone"  mode="accountNumber">

    The list of template modes appears in the mode="" attribute of the xsl:apply-templates element.

To use IntelliSense in the stylesheet-prefix and result-prefix attributes of an xsl:namespace-alias element

  1. Create a new XSLT file and copy in the following code:

    <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:alt="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform-alternate"
version="1.0">
  <xsl:param name="browser" select="'InternetExplorer'"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <alt:stylesheet>
      <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="$browser='InternetExplorer'">
          <alt:import href="IERoutines.xsl"/>
          <alt:template match="/">
            <div>
              <alt:call-template name="showTable"/>
            </div>
          </alt:template>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise>
          <alt:import href="OtherBrowserRoutines.xsl"/>
          <alt:template match="/">
            <div>
              <alt:call-template name="showTable"/>
            </div>
          </alt:template>
        </xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
    </alt:stylesheet>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

  2. Insert your cursor after <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:alt="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform-alternate" version="1.0"> and press ENTER. Then start typing the following xsl:namespace-alias element:

        <xsl:namespace-alias stylesheet-prefix="alt" result-prefix="xsl"/>

    Notice how the list of prefixes appeared in the stylesheet-prefix and result-prefix attributes of the xsl:namespace-alias element.

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