Re: Newbie Needs Help

["Oren Ben-Kiki" <oren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert W. Hackenfort <rhackenfort@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Just starting out in XML and XSL and tried to do a very simple document.
>
>The XML is:
>
><?xml version="1.0"?>
><?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="test.xsl"?>
>
><greeting>Hello XSL!</greeting>
>
>and the XSL is:
>
><xsl:stylesheet
>xmlns:xsl="http//www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl"
>xmlns:fo="http//www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl/FO" result-ns="fo">
> <xsl:template match= "greeting">
> <fo:block color="red" font-size="16pt">
>   <process-children/>
>  </fo:block>
> </xsl:template>
></xsl:stylesheet>


Which produces a blank result, since matching on the top-level element can
only done by using match="/" regardless of the actual element type which
appears there. "It made sense at the time" - it probably still does when
viewing it in the right way. It makes for an excellent FAQ question (if we
had a FAQ, that is) - it seems every new XSL user goes through finding this
out the hard way.

Share & Enjoy,

    Oren Ben-Kiki


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