The template that generates the object
element with embed inside (name="process.image" in html/graphics.xsl) is a
very large template (over 500 lines). It has an xsl:choose case for SVG
(<xsl:when test="@format = 'SVG'">), and it would not be difficult to
remove the <object> element that it generates. But it means copying
that large template to your customization layer and making a small modification.
That should work, but it means you will have to check each stylesheet release to
see if that big template has changed at all, and repeat the
process.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook
Consulting
----- Original Message -----
From:
Day, Troy L
To: ''
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 6:26
AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] svg and
<object> tag conflict
(How can I create an embed tag for
svg graphics without nesting it inside an <object>
tag? )
Perhaps some clarification of
'why' is in order. I'm trying to include some complex svg graphics
within docbook for html transformation. Although the svg graphic shows
up fine using the Adobe viewer, the svg scripting is not working. The
svg software maker informed me :
"... the problem is, that
the <embed> tag is inside an <object> tag. The <object> tag
makes problems with svg and is not fully supported by all
browsers."
Client is Using IE 6, so a nested embed tag should
work (and does work for simple viewing of the svg), but the svg javascript
files are not working.
The curious thing is that if I save the transformed
file as an html file then view it from the file system like
this:
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\...\xml_translate[1].html
The svg and scripting
works fine. It is only when the html markup is viewed from a URL like
this:
http://localhost/.../xml_translate[1].html
does the problem
occur.
This appears to be an
IE/<object> tag problem, so I want to simply use the embed tag not
nested within the object tag for svg graphics.
Any ideas about how to
customize the xsl would be greatly welcome.
Thanks,
Troy
