Hi Jayanthi,

Can you try changing your xsl:output like this from

<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"  encoding="utf-8"/>

to

<xsl:output method="html" media-type="text/html" doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"  doctype-system="DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"  cdata-section-elements="script style"  indent="yes"  encoding="utf-8"/>

//fuji

Hi Fuji,

No luck,i am facing the same error.I am using umbraco 4.7 and contour 1.0

hi all,

Even the sample code given in the link http://our.umbraco.org/forum/umbraco-pro/contour/18103-Send-xslt-transformed-email-Here-is-my-xslt-email-template

is not working for me.the error with this line '$records//fields/child::*'

I am saving the xslt in the developer-->xslt files(umbraco-4.7 and contour-1.0)

Can anyone help me

I am bumping this because i have the exact same problem. I tried both examples in the post linked to above, and i get the same error. I sadly do now know of a solution and it seems like it isnt resolved here in the forum.

Hi Frederik,

Here  is the full sample code of my XSLT which works perfectly. However please make sure you put the same exact Alias used in contour since this is case sensitive.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
xmlns:user="urn:my-scripts"
xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library"
exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl user umbraco.library">

<xsl:output method="html" media-type="text/html" doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"  doctype-system="DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"  cdata-section-elements="script style"  indent="yes"  encoding="utf-8"/>

<xsl:param name="records"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
<!-- start writing XSLT -->

<p>  
  Dear  <xsl:value-of select="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'First Name']//value"/>&#160;<xsl:value-of select="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'Last Name']//value"/>, your membership on our website.</p>
  <p><strong>Username</strong> : <xsl:value-of select="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'Email']//value"/></p>
  <p><strong>Password</strong> : <xsl:value-of select="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'Password']//value"/></p>
  

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Hope it will help you guys

//fuji

There's also a razor alternative to the send transformed email: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/send-razor-transformed-email-contour-workflow

Thanks Tim for this, nice solution.

Thank you for your reply, Fuji, i also tried using your code, but it still gives me the error. "System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransformException: Expression must evaluate to a node-set." Even if i do something as simple as this:

<xsl:value-of select="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'Din email']//value"/>

I must have overseen something obvious.

Sorry for bumping, but i really need help with this as its becoming an urgent issue.

Hi Jayanthi,

Could you try this? This is the way I do it :

<xsl:value-of select="$records/fields/firstname//value"/>

no, sorry, still doesnt work. I appreciate the help though, i have no idea why it wont work.

Hey Frederik,

And if you start from the example that comes with Contour do you get the error?

Would just take it from there then

Thank you for your reply. I found the simple example that came with the contour package, and it still gives the same "must evaluate to a node set" error.

All examples posted here, and the example packaged with contour, compiles fine if i dont reference $records.

That's strange, and have you tried the Razor alternative? http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/send-razor-transformed-email-contour-workflow

(must be running at least umbraco 4.7 for that)

It is strange indeed, and we are using umbraco 4,7 and the latest (as of writing) version of contour. I have close to zero experience with razor, but i will give it a try and see if anything happens.

Just to be absolutly sure:

The xslt i want to use for the email, i just place it in "Developer" --> "XSLT Files" like any other xslt file, right? And a related macro? Is it necessary? do i need to give it anything specific if so?

I know its a simple question but i need to be sure i have every corner covered.

Ok, now i understand. I feel so stupid right now. I appreciate your time. Though ive run into a new problem.

I tried creating an external xslt file using the contour sample file. I uploaded it through the workflow, but it wasnt sent. I tried clicking "Show current file" in the workflow dialog box, and it displayed the following error:

XML Parsing Error: prefix not bound to a namespace
removed

Im sure im missing something obvious.

EDIT (i edited the code above because it contained sensitive information)

Ok disregard im an idiot. That error above was the browsers fault. Besides, i used the example show in this thread on page 1 and changed the text. It then gave another error, that was related to the encoding that i changed to iso-8859-1 because i use æøå characters. Then another odd error which i fixed and it all works now.

I could bang my head against the wall right now. I greatly appreciate your help, altough it ended up being something completly different, you pointed me in the right direction so thank you :) since this isnt my thread i cant mark it solved or anything, i will high five you instead.

Hey Frederik,

Sorry to bump into this, did you create a clean XSLT?

Anyway try this, its just an example of how i got mine working.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheetversion="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
xmlns:user="urn:my-scripts"
xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library"
exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl user umbraco.library">

<xsl:outputmethod="html"media-type="text/html"doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"  doctype-system="DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"  cdata-section-elements="script style"  indent="yes"  encoding="utf-8"/>

<xsl:paramname="records"/>

<xsl:templatematch="/">
<!-- start writing XSLT -->

<p>  
  Dear  <xsl:value-ofselect="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'First Name']//value"/>&#160;<xsl:value-ofselect="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'Last Name']//value"/>, your membership on our website.</p>
  <p><strong>Username</strong> : <xsl:value-ofselect="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'Email']//value"/></p>
  <p><strong>Password</strong> : <xsl:value-ofselect="$records//fields/child::* [caption = 'Password']//value"/></p>
  

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Ok one final question:

the function im working on, is a "tip a friend" functionality. When a user clicks the button, a lightbox with an iframe to the contour form pops up. To create the url that is sent with the email, a value is appended to the url like so:

<a class="iframe" title="Tip en ven"><xsl:attribute name="href">/pro/tip-en-ven.aspx?id=<xsl:value-of select="$Service/Job/JobID" /></xsl:attribute>Tip en ven</a>

Which i then append to the url in the workflow. Note this is done with the regular "send email" workflow built into contour at it works fine with the url, iframe lightbox and all that.

How do i do the same in an xslt?

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