function getCookie(cookieName)
{
// declare the local variables
var cookieIndexOne, cookieIndexTwo;
// attempt to locate the passed cookie
cookieIndexOne = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName);
cookieIndexTwo = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookieIndexOne +
cookieName.length +  1 );
// if the passed cookie is the last one in the string, continue
if (!(cookieIndexOne == - 1 ) && (cookieIndexTwo == - 1 ))
// set the end of the cookie value to the end of the string
cookieIndexTwo = document.cookie.length;
// if the passed cookie value cannot be located, return a default result
if ((cookieIndexOne == - 1 ) || (cookieIndexTwo == - 1 ) ||
(unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookieIndexOne + cookieName.length +  1 ,
cookieIndexTwo)) == ""))
return "All"
// otherwise, return the passed cookie's value
else
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookieIndexOne + cookieName.length
+  1 , cookieIndexTwo));
}

Below is the code used in the HTML document that processes the XSL spreadsheet:

function transformXML(xmlDocURL, xslDocURL, divID)
{
// declare the local variables
var xmlDoc, xslDoc, docProcessor, docCache, DocRequest, docFragment;
// try the following
try
{
// instantiate and load the xml document
xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load(xmlDocURL);
// instantiate and load the xsl document
xslDoc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument");
xslDoc.async = false;
xslDoc.load(xslDocURL);
// prepare the xsl document for transformation
docCache = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XSLTemplate");
docCache.stylesheet = xslDoc;
// instantiate the document processor and submit the xml document
docProcessor = docCache.createProcessor();
docProcessor.input = xmlDoc;
// add parameters to the xsl document
docProcessor.addParameter("book", getCookie("book"), "");
docProcessor.addParameter("category", getCookie("category"), "");
docProcessor.addParameter("keyword", getCookie("keyword"), "");
docProcessor.addParameter("sort", getCookie("sort"), "");
docProcessor.addParameter("status", getCookie("status"), "");
docProcessor.addParameter("topic", getCookie("topic"), "");
docProcessor.addParameter("view", getCookie("view"), "");
// process the documents into html and submit to the passed div to the HMTL page
docProcessor.transform();
// divID.innerHTML = docProcessor.output;
document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML = docProcessor.output;
}
// catch any errors from the above code
catch(e)
{
// try the following
try
{
// instantiate and load the xml document
docRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
docRequest.open("GET", xmlDocURL, false);
docRequest.send(null);
xmlDoc = docRequest.responseXML;
// instantiate and load the xsl document
docRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
docRequest.open("GET", xslDocURL, false);
docRequest.send(null);
xslDoc = docRequest.responseXML;
// instantiate the document processor and submit the xsl document
docProcessor = new XSLTProcessor();
docProcessor.importStylesheet(xslDoc);
// add parameters to the xsl document
docProcessor.setParameter(null, "book", getCookie("book"));
docProcessor.setParameter(null, "category", getCookie("category"));
docProcessor.setParameter(null, "keyword", getCookie("keyword"));
docProcessor.setParameter(null, "sort", getCookie("sort"));
docProcessor.setParameter(null, "status", getCookie("status"));
docProcessor.setParameter(null, "topic", getCookie("topic"));
docProcessor.setParameter(null, "view", getCookie("view"));
// clear the passed div if anything was in it
document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML = "";
// process the documents into html and submit to the passed div to the HMTL page
docFragment = docProcessor.transformToFragment(xmlDoc, document);
document.getElementById(divID).appendChild(docFragment);
}
// catch any errors from the above code
catch(e)
{
// do nothing
}
}
}

Below is the code used in the XSL spreadsheet that declares the parameters being passed:

<xsl:param name="book" />
<xsl:param name="category" />
<xsl:param name="keyword" />
<xsl:param name="sort" />
<xsl:param name="status" />
<xsl:param name="topic" />
<xsl:param name="view" />