Ecom group number in XML

The group data (incl. number) is not directly available in the ecom navigation xml, but if you dare – and I know you do – you can use a piece of c# code in your xslt to get the actual group:

<?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">
  
  <!-- @see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/533texsx(v=vs.110).aspx -->
  <msxsl:script language="C#" implements-prefix="user">
    <msxsl:assembly name="Dynamicweb" />
    <![CDATA[
/*
 * Get group number from group id in query string
 */
public string GetGroupName(string url){
  var match = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(url, @"GroupID=(?<GroupID>[^&]+)");
  if (match.Success) {
    var groupID = match.Groups["GroupID"].Value;
    var group = Dynamicweb.eCommerce.Products.Group.GetGroupByID(groupID);
    if (group != null) {
      return group.Number;
    }
  }
  return "";
}
]]>
  </msxsl:script>

  …

  <xsl:template match="/NavigationTree//Page[@MenuText != '']">
    …
    <xsl:variable name="groupName" select="user:GetGroupName(@Href)"/>
      <xsl:if test="$groupName">
        <xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="$groupName"/>
        <xsl:text>]</xsl:text>
      </xsl:if>
      …
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I'm not sure about any performance issues, but it's nice to be able to use real code in your xslt templates.

Best regards,
Mikkel

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Ecom group number in XML

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