XSLT Web Links Fine...Local Links Broken

[JeffNolan1900]

Hello.
I have an xslt file that processes an xml and I have use a xsl choose to conditionally format any of the properties that have the name LINK to show the path as a hyperlink. Easy enough. If the link is web related:

http://www.google.com

it works fine and opens the link. If the link is C:\image.jpg it fails?

The thing is I am using an internal browser that is part of a mapping application, that I imagine accesses Internet Explorer somehow. When the link

http://www.google.com

opens, it opens in a pop-up that is in Internet Explorer, but when I try and open C:\image.jpg nothing happens...nothing at all.

Here is an exceprt from the xslt code that opens the link:

<xsl:template match="*">
    <xsl:param name="tag"/>
 
       <xsl:element name="tr">
       <xsl:attribute name="{$tag}">yes</xsl:attribute>
       <xsl:attribute name="class">r<xsl:value-of select="position() mod 2"/></xsl:attribute>
       <xsl:attribute name="style">display:block;</xsl:attribute>
         <xsl:choose>
          <xsl:when test="name()='LINK'">
           <td><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></td>
           <td><a target="_new"><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute></a><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
          </xsl:when>
          <xsl:otherwise>
          <td><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></td>
          <td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
          </xsl:otherwise>
         </xsl:choose>
       </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

Here is a sample of the xml file:

<Water_Valve n="Water_Valve" i="8fc7da74-0956-4681-a787-1d4f16540cb4">
  <FID type="string">11111111</FID> 
  <VALVE_POSI type="string">asdf</VALVE_POSI> 
  <VALVE_NUM type="string">afds</VALVE_NUM> 
  <VALVE_TYPE type="string">afdfafsd</VALVE_TYPE> 
  <ENABLED type="string">asdf</ENABLED> 
  <LINK type="string">C:\logo.jpg</LINK> 
</Water_Valve>

Keep in mind if I use this in regular iexplore it works fine. This is something strange I can not seem to figure out and was just wondering in anyone here had seen anything like this.

 

[tsuji]

><td><a target="_new"><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute></a><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
[tt]<td><a target="_[blue]blank[/blue]"><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute>[blue]<xsl:value-of select="."/></a>[/blue]</td>[/tt]

 

[JeffNolan1900]

Thanks for the input but that does not resolve the problem. Like I mentioned it works fine for html links, but does not work for local links. (C:\image.jpg)

 

[tsuji]

If you haven't read it carefully, let me put it this way. Your script would work no where because it has zero-pixel-worth of clickable space. It won't work local or remote.

 

[JeffNolan1900]

It does work remote. I changed the location of the </a>

Actaully, it worked remote with the </a> in the wrong location, which is strange to tell you the truth...But it does not work local. No matter which location I put the </a>

 

[tsuji]

I have nothing then to add. I don't believe "wrong" thing would do the "right" thing. If td does not have onclick handler set by attachEvent, I don't believe it. But I am not challenging you, only that I cannot help where I know not.

 

[JeffNolan1900]

Like I mentioned, I am using a mapping program's internal browser. It works fine if I take it out of the mapping program's environment and send it into Internet Explorer. It is just that for some reason the internal program can not handle it.

I have tried appending: file:// and file:/// and file:/ and file:\\ etc... and nothing seems to work. I click the link and it just sits there, like I did not click it.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for how to handle this?