RE: [xsl] xsl:number problem

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charlene,

At 02:30 PM 6/19/2003, you wrote:
> I mentioned "xml string" regarding to the StreamGenerator.  It is a 
> well-formatted xml tree input as a stream to the 
> StreamGenerator.  StreamGenerator will connect to a transformer (here 
> gnumeric + xsl) and serialize it using poi API to Excel.  I can take a 
> look at the xml before tranforming it in my log.  Basically it is working 
> as it should be.

Good. It's looking at the XML *result* of your transformation that you have 
to figure out how to do. *Before* Excel picks it up. When you say you 
"serialize it using poi API" I'm assuming that's an XML serialization. When 
you say "I can take a look at the xml before transforming it in my log", 
that sounds like you're looking at the source; but you also need to see the 
(XML) *result* of the transform.

[source]       [result]
  XML     =>     XML     =>     Excel
          X              Z

The transform is happening as process X. In order to understand what X is 
doing, you need to look at the XML result before process Z (which brings it 
into Excel) does anything with it. Once you can look at the output of X as 
XML, it's possible to see what your stylesheet is doing (not just what 
process Z does with that).

It might be worth considering running the transformation over sample 
instances of your source data *outside* your environment, in a conformant 
processor (not necessarily the same one your process uses), for development 
and testing. Then when it works, you can roll it in. This is a good way of 
isolating problems so when things get sticky you don't try to solve the 
wrong thing. Learning is much easier when you're actually looking at the 
problem you're trying to solve, and not something else. :->

Cheers,
Wendell


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