RE: [xsl] XSL selection question

["Andrew Welch" <awelch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeremyf@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jeremyf@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 November 2002 18:05
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] XSL selection question
> 
> 
> Hi All,
>       I have an XML file such that:
> 
> <report>
> -snip-
>   <module-installation-requirements sectionID="4">
>     <inst-part>
>       <part-number>G4P5616EGPPAE500</part-number>
>       <description>DESCRIPTION FOR INSTALLATION 
> REQUIREMENTS</description>
>       <inst-notes>
>         <inst-note>
>           <view>ENG</view>
>           <note>
>             <note-title>FREE FORM NOTE</note-title>
>             <note-description>TEXT FOR FREE FORM 
> NOTE</note-description>
>           </note>
>         </inst-note>
>         <inst-note>
>           <view>ENG</view>
>           <note>
>             <note-title>FREE FORM NOTE 2</note-title>
>             <note-description>TEXT FOR FREE FORM NOTE 
> 2</note-description>
>           </note>
>         </inst-note>
>       </inst-notes>
>     </inst-part>
>   </module-installation-requirements>
> -snip-
> </report>
> 
> I want the following output
> 
> 
> 
> G4P5616EGPPAE500  DESCRIPTION FORINSTALLATIONREQUIREMENTS         ENG
> FREE FORM NOTE    TEXT FOR FREE FORM NOTE
> 
>                                                             ENG
> FREE FORM NOTE 2  TEXT FOR FREE FORM NOTE 2
> 
> Each of these is a row in my output. How do I select the number and
> description the first time but not every time after until I 
> reach a new
> number?
> I have a template that gives me the nodes, but I also need to handle
> different views for the same part/description and potentially multiple
> <note> items per view.
> My templates look something like this:
> 
> -snip-
> 
>     <xsl:template match="module-installation-requirements">
>       <!-- start of format specific setup -->
>                   <fo:table height="1cm" table-layout="fixed">
>                         <fo:table-column column-width="25cm"/>
>                         <fo:table-body font-family="Times-Roman"
> font-weight="bold" font-size="8pt">
>                               <fo:table-row line-height="8pt">
>                                     <fo:table-cell padding="8pt">
>                                           <fo:block text-align="start"
> height=".5cm">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
> * * * * * * *
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
> * * * * * * *
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
> * * * * * * *
> * * * * * * * * </fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                               </fo:table-row>
>                               <fo:table-row line-height="8pt">
>                                     <fo:table-cell padding="8pt">
>                                           <fo:block 
> text-align="center"
> height=".5cm" font-weight="normal">.  .  .  MODULE INSTALLATION
> REQUIREMENTS  .  .  .</fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                               </fo:table-row>
>                         </fo:table-body>
>                   </fo:table>
>                   <fo:table height="1cm" table-layout="fixed">
>                         <fo:table-column column-width="6cm"/>
>                         <fo:table-column column-width="4cm"/>
>                         <fo:table-column column-width="2cm"/>
>                         <fo:table-column column-width="4cm"/>
>                         <fo:table-column column-width="8cm"/>
>                         <fo:table-header font-family="Times-Roman"
> font-weight="bold" font-size="8pt">
>                               <fo:table-row line-height="10pt">
>                                     <fo:table-cell padding="4pt">
>                                           <fo:block 
> text-align="start">PART
> OR IDENTIFYING NUMBER</fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="start">DESCRIPTION</fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="center">VIEW</fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="center">NOTE TITLE</fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block 
> text-align="start">NOTE
> DESCRIPTION</fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                               </fo:table-row>
>                         </fo:table-header>
>                         <fo:table-body font-family="Times-Roman"
> font-weight="bold" font-size="8pt">
>       <!-- end setup -->
>       <!-- call the template to format this section and pass 
> the title -->
>       <xsl:choose>
>       <xsl:when test="*">
>             <xsl:apply-templates/>
>       </xsl:when>
>       <xsl:otherwise>
>             <fo:table height=".8cm" table-layout="fixed">
>                   <fo:table-column column-width="25cm"/>
>                   <fo:table-body font-family="Times-Roman" font-weight
> ="bold" font-size="8pt">
>                         <fo:table-row line-height="10pt">
>                               <fo:table-cell padding-top="8pt">
>                                     <fo:block 
> text-align="center" height
> =".8cm">NO APPLICABLE DATA EXISTS</fo:block>
>                               </fo:table-cell>
>                         </fo:table-row>
>                   </fo:table-body>
>             </fo:table>
>      </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
>       <!-- start of clean up -->
>                         </fo:table-body>
>                   </fo:table>
>       <!-- end clean up -->
>     </xsl:template>
> 
>     <xsl:template match="inst-part">
>       <!-- format the part number and description -->
>       <!-- It is not that easy with FO -->
>         <xsl:apply-templates select="inst-notes"/>
>     </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.               -->
>                               <fo:table-row line-height="10pt">
>                                     <fo:table-cell padding="4pt">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="start"><xsl:value-of select="../../part-number"/></fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="start"><xsl:value-of select="../../description"/></fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="center"><xsl:value-of select="view"/></fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="center"><xsl:value-of select="note/note-title"/></fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="start"><xsl:value-of select="note/note-description"/></fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                               </fo:table-row>
>                         <xsl:for-each select="inst-note/note">
>                               <fo:table-row line-height="10pt">
>                                     <fo:table-cell padding="4pt">
>                                           <fo:block 
> text-align="start"/>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block 
> text-align="start"/>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="center"><xsl:value-of select="view"/></fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="center"><xsl:value-of select="note-title"/></fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                                     <fo:table-cell 
> padding="4pt" height
> ="1cm">
>                                           <fo:block text-align
> ="start"><xsl:value-of select="note-description"/></fo:block>
>                                     </fo:table-cell>
>                               </fo:table-row>
>                         </xsl:for-each>
>     </xsl:template>
> 
> I am certain that I  am making this harder than it sould be, 
> but I am still
> having trouble.
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> 
> 
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