Creating 'Table of Contents' list with XSL

message from Don Wash on 14 May 2004
Hi everyone!

I'm creating an ASP page (with VBScript) to display the Table of Contents
(TOC) for my website. I have stored the TOC in the XML file and currently
trying to transform the data in the XML file into a readable TOC web page
using XSL file.

I have the following XML file...

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="toc.xsl"?>
<topicGroups id="TopicSet_Root">
<topicGroup id="TopicGroup1">
<text>Topic 1</text>
<topicItem id="Lesson1">
<text>Lesson 1</text>
<url>http://localhost/lesson1.asp</url

<topicGroups id="TopicSet_2">
<topicGroup id="TopicGroup2">
<text>Lesson 2</text>
<topicItem id="Lesson2">
<text>Lesson 2.1</text>
<url>http://localhost/lesson2_1.asp</url
</topicItem>
<topicItem id="Lesson2_Links">
<text>Links</text>
<url>http://localhost/lesson2_Links.asp</url
</topicItem>
</topicGroup >
</topicGroups >

</topicItem>
</topicGroup >
</topicGroups >

I would like XSL to transform this XML file into something like this...

Topic 1
|------------Lesson 1
|------------Lesson 2
|------------Lesson 2.1
|------------Links

As you can see, my XML structure (or schema) is "recursed" and could become
indefnitly recursed heirachy list as I add more items to the Table of
Contents (TOC).

My question is, how can I "loop" in XSL so that I can display all of the
items in the XML file as properly structured heirachy TOC, so that I don't
have to update XSL file when I add/remove items in the XML file?

Thank you all in advance!

Don

P.S. I've tried 'for-next' thingie but it didn't worked well with my
"recursed" items to arrange to become a TOC hierachy. I think my problem
requires a more complex solution (maybe?)
 
Douglas J. Steele replied to Don Wash on 13 May 2004
I'd suggest asking this in an XML-related group such as microsoft.public.xml
or, probably better, microsoft.public.xsl

This newsgroup is for questions about Access, the database product that's
part of Office Professional.
 

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