External XSLT Stylesheet File Naming External XSLT stylesheet file naming conventions

External XSLT stylesheets may be referenced by XML Extensions. If the filename parameter supplied by the COBOL program does not contain an extension, the value .xsl is added to the filename.

XML Extensions uses the CBL_LOCATE_FILE library routine to locate an external XSLT stylesheet file (with the .xsl extension added) except when:

• the external XSLT stylesheet filename parameter supplied by the COBOL program contains a directory separator character (such as "\" on Windows);
• the file exists; or
• the filename is a URL (the name begins with "http//:", "https://", or "file://").