Why can't I get XSLT to work in chrome?

Question

I have a XSLT sample copied straight from http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_transformation.asp, which I can't seem to view in Google Chrome. However, it seems to work fine in IE.

Does anyone know why this would be?

EDIT:

The online version works fine, but the local copy does not.

Answer 1

I had same issue with Google Chrome (tested on 13.0.782.215) and (non-JavaScript XSL transformation):

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="simple.xsl"?>

• Online transformation works well e.g. http://www.w3schools.com/xml/simplexsl.xml
• Local transformation (without server like Apache) show just blank page

I found solution that works for me is to run Chrome browser with --allow-file-access-from-files switch:

// By default, file:// URIs cannot read other file:// URIs. This is an
// override for developers who need the old behavior for testing.
const char kAllowFileAccessFromFiles[]      = "allow-file-access-from-files";

Answer 2

Yeah, if you copied the sample down to a file on your computer, the xml won't work with xslt on chromium because it can't find your xslt file provided by just its filename. I've tried put both the xml file and the xslt file to a web server running on my computer and it worked.

If you don't have a web server on your computer, I have no solution with chromium. But maybe you can try a full path, maybe begun with "file:///C:/". Use other browser if that doesn't work...

Good luck, Max Xie