RE: [xsl] XSL selection question

[jeremyf@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Sorry,
      The e-mail width did not do the output justice. Let's try that a
different way.

output as this,

<part-number> <Desc.> <View>  <Note Title> <Note Desc>
                      <View>  <Note Title> <Note Desc>

The first 2 cells in the second table row are empty, but their
corresponding tags must be output. This is due to the relationship between
the view -> note title -> note description to the part number ->
description. There may also be instances where I have multiple note/note
desc pairs or multiple note descriptions for a note title for a specific
view. I also need to be able to handle these, but I am having difficulty
finding and information on this. Performing these actions in XSL to HTML
transformation is relatively easy, but I have, as yet, had difficulty
getting the same logic to work in XSL-FO.

A push in the right direction is appreciated though.

thanks,
Jeremy

---Andrew Welch wrote:
>Hi,

>You need to just apply-templates in document order, so in english you
>might say

>for each <inst-part>
>  output <part-number>
>  output <description>
>  output <inst-notes>

>at the moment you are saying

>for each <inst-note>
>  output <part-number>
>  output <description>
>  output content...

>so naturally enough you will get the <part-number> and <description>
>output every time you encounter an <inst-note>.

>Rearrange your templates a little and then apply them in document order
>(if your dtd allows)

>(untested)

><xsl:template match="inst-part">
>  <!-- format the part number and description -->
>  <!-- It is not that easy with FO -->
>  <xsl:apply-templates/>
></xsl:template>

><xsl:template match="part-number">
>  <fo:table-row line-height="10pt">
>    <fo:table-cell padding="4pt">
>      <fo:block text-align="start">
>        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>      </fo:block>
>    </fo:table-cell>
>  <fo:table-cell padding="4pt" height="1cm">
></xsl:template>

><xsl:template match="description">
>  <fo:table-cell padding="4pt" height="1cm">
>    <fo:block text-align="start">
>      <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>    </fo:block>
>  </fo:table-cell>
></xsl:template>


><xsl:template match="inst-note">
>      <!-- format the output of the "view" value along -->
>      <!-- with the note contents. This will not start -->
>      <!-- at the beginning of the line.               -->
>
>      <!--....part-number and description handling code separated out-->


>      <fo:table-cell padding="4pt" height="1cm">
>        <fo:block text-align="center">
>         <xsl:value-of select="view"/>
>      .....

>cheers
>andrew





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