[xsl] XSL:Number, value attribute

["Chris Bowditch" <bowditch_chris@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

I'm using Xalan v2.5.1 on JDK 1.3.1 and running into some problems using 
xsl:number.

I can successfully number nodes in a hierarchical fashion using 
level=multiple and format="1.a.i" However, I need to start numbering my 
nodes from a seed, e.g 3,4,5 instead of 1,2,3. So I thought I could specify 
value="position()+{$seed}" but whenever I specify the value attribute, the 
formatting is lost and the multiple level numbering is lost.

Furthermore, nodes end up getting numbered 2,4,6 instead of 1,2,3 with 
value="position()". I tried specifying the count attribute to fix this but I 
had no luck.

Is the value attribute of xsl:number supported at all?

I would be grateful for any ideas,

Chris

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