You need to use <xsl:copy-of> to copy a tree fragment to the result tree;
using <xsl:value-of> merely copies its string value.

Mike Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of W. Eliot
> Kimber
> Sent: 30 January 2002 00:22
> To: xsl list
> Subject:  Parameter Passing and fo:retrieve-marker
>
>
> I'm using a parameter to parameterize running foot processing where I
> need to pass in different variable result tree fragments for different
> parts of doc (see style sheet fragment below). The problem
> I'm having is
> that the fo:retrieve-marker element isn't making it to the output FO
> doc. When I examine the output FO document, I can find the
> fo:leader and
> the xsl:text element within the fo:static-content element, but the
> fo:retrieve-marker isn't there and I have no idea why not. I am using
> Saxon for the transform.
>
> If I replace the variable reference with the contents of the parameter
> default value directly in the style sheet, then I get the
> fo:retrieve-marker elements ane everything works.
>
> Am I missing something? What is the parameter mechanism doing that I
> don't understand?
>
> Here's the template in question:
>
> <xsl:template name="running-foot">
>   <xsl:param name="number-prefix-odd">
>     <xsl:message>Setting default value of
> number-prefix-odd</xsl:message>
>     <fo:retrieve-marker retrieve-class-name="section-title"/>
>     <fo:leader leader-pattern="space" leader-length="1em"/>
>     <xsl:text>foo</xsl:text>
>   </xsl:param>
>   <fo:static-content flow-name="region-after-odd">
>     <fo:block
>         font-family="sans-serif"
>         font-size="{$body-font-size}"
>         text-align-last="justify">
>       <fo:inline
>           text-align="left"><xsl:text>Some Constant Value</xsl:text>
>       </fo:inline>
>       <fo:leader leader-pattern="space"/>
>       <fo:inline
>           text-align="right">
>         <xsl:value-of select="$number-prefix-odd"
>         /><fo:page-number/>
>       </fo:inline>
>     </fo:block>
>   </fo:static-content>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eliot
>
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