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Soeren Bendtsen

Subject: Have XSL determine action on one element based on attribute value of another element
Author: Soeren Bendtsen
Date: 09 Feb 2007 08:18 AM

Consider the following base structure in a source XML file:

(......)

<webmessage use="Cap">
<text>Dist1 ABC</text>
</webmessage>

<webmessage use="Description">
<text>ZYZ Dist2</text>
</webmessage>

(......)

I want to apply a simple template like the below on <text> elements:

<text_mod>
<xsl:value-of select="@attrib"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</text_mod>

But ONLY when the use= attribute in webmessage is "Description".

I have tried using xsl:if, but cannot get a condition on an attribute in the webmessage element to affect what happens to the following text element. Any help is appreciated. Pls. be quite specific, as I am a newbie with XSLT.

This is then the XML that should come out of the process:

(......)

<webmessage use="Cap">
<text>Dist1 ABC</text>
</webmessage>

<webmessage use="Description">
<text_mod>ZYZ Dist2</text_mod>
</webmessage>

(......)

Thanks; Soeren

Tony Lavinio

Subject: Have XSL determine action on one element based on attribute value of another element
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 09 Feb 2007 09:08 AM

The standard solution is to use the 'identity' stylesheet
and put in exceptions to intercept the elements you want to
change.

See the attached.

Soeren Bendtsen

Subject: Have XSL determine action on one element based on attribute value of another element
Author: Soeren Bendtsen
Date: 09 Feb 2007 05:10 PM

Thank you very much, Tony. This did exactly what I needed. Saved me from much investigation and frustration. Have a super day.

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