• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Accessing Relational Data as XML
• Chapter 13: Building XML Pipelines
• Chapter 14: Publishing XML Data
  • The Stylus Studio XML Publisher
  • Building an XML Publisher Report
  • Working with Data Sources
  • Adding Data to a Report
  • Working with Report Components
  • Generating Code for an XML Publisher Report
  • Example: Building an XML Publisher Report
    • Getting Started
    • Insert and Populate a Table
    • Simple Table Formatting
    • Format Data Conditionally
    • Generate the Code
  • Properties Reference
• Chapter 15: Integrating with Third-Party File Systems
• Chapter 16: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 17: The Stylus Studio Java API
• Chapter 18: Stylus Studio GUI Reference

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Format Data Conditionally

The last action we will perform on the table is to write an XPath expression to display the `R' rating for movies in a bold red.

25. Click the XPath field, and then click the "more" button ( ).

Stylus Studio displays the XPath Editor dialog box.

      if (rating = 'R') then 'red' else ""
       

    

Notice Stylus Studio's Sense:X auto-completion and text coloring as you type.

Figure 487. XPath Editor Dialog Box

      if (rating = 'R') then 'bold' else ""
       

    

29. Click Preview ( ).

Our report now looks like this:

Figure 488. Finished Example Report