Subject: RE: [xsl] How to create XSL for CALENDAR/MONTH layout? From: Adam Van Den Hoven <Adam.Hoven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:49:32 -0800 |
While I'm sure that you could do this using XSL, the obvious question is why would you want to? Obviously, you are going to have to generate the calendar data for each year you want to generate. If you were to use XML your example code would be wrong and highlights some of the problems with using XML as the source for a calendar. Your XML should look like: <CALENDAR> <YEAR>2000</YEAR> <MONTH> <MONTHNAME>January</MONTHNAME> <WEEK> <WEEKNUMBER>1</WEEKNUMBER> <DAY>2</DAY> <DAY>3</DAY> <DAY>4</DAY> <DAY>5</DAY> <DAY>6</DAY> <DAY>7</DAY> <DAY>8</DAY> </WEEK> </MONTH> </CALENDAR> --OR-- <CALENDAR> <YEAR>2000</YEAR> <MONTH> <MONTHNAME>January</MONTHNAME> <WEEK> <WEEKNUMBER>1</WEEKNUMBER> <DAY>26</DAY> <DAY>27</DAY> <DAY>28</DAY> <DAY>29</DAY> <DAY>30</DAY> <DAY>31</DAY> <DAY>1</DAY> </WEEK> <WEEK> <WEEKNUMBER>2</WEEKNUMBER> <DAY>2</DAY> <DAY>3</DAY> <DAY>4</DAY> <DAY>5</DAY> <DAY>6</DAY> <DAY>7</DAY> <DAY>8</DAY> </WEEK> </MONTH> </CALENDAR> It seems to me to be FAR more efficient to generate the results using javascript. Because of the way that Javascript handles dates, its is very easy to create a calendar, including handling those trailing days (the parts of the first and last weeks that have days in other months). Further, with a bit of careful thought your function could be made very flexible. Simply include arguments for start and end dates, whether to show trailing dates (like Dec 31, 1999), how many months to show in a single row, etc. I honestly think that XSL is the wrong tool for this job... try doing it with Javascript. Adam van den Hoven Internet Application Developer Blue Zone tel. 604.685.4310 fax. 604.685.4391 Blue Zone makes you interactive. http://www.bluezone.net/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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