Re: [xsl] CLARIFICATION - Selectively convert subordinate elements to text

[Jeff Sese <jsese@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I you need to have different ways to handle a certain node then using 
modes, I think, will be the best way to do it. Apply templates first 
with out mode then apply templates with mode.
--
Jeff

Darren Wheatley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the replies. I have updated the description below to better
> describe the problem at hand. Any help you could give would be appreciated.
>
> I have a fragment something like this:
>  
>  
>         <widget>This <B>is</B>some <SUP>text</SUP> that I want to convert
> <HIDDEN>don't convert this</HIDDEN> to text</widget>
>  
>  
> What I want to end up with is this:
>  
>         This is some text that I want to convert to text
>  
> I have tried <xsl:value-of select="."/> but of course that gives me:
>  
>         This is some text that I want to convert don't convert this to text
>  
> The added ripple here is that I have other instances of these elements that
> I 
> want to process rather than just convert to text, so I have template rules
> for 
> the subordinate elements defined already.
>  
> Can anyone suggest a way that I can convert the fragment to text while 
> simultaneously dropping the <HIDDEN> element?
>  
> Could I define template rules for each subordinate element with a "mode" 
> attribute set, thereby creating an alternative processing rule for each one
> that
> would allow me then to output the text?
>
> Is there a quicker, more efficient way of doing that?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> D.