You can't add attributes to an element after adding a text node. This is so
that XSLT processors are able to operate serially.

What you are trying to do is effectively:

<xsl:element name="e">
  text
  <xsl:attribute name="a">5</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

A processor trying to output
<e a="5">text</e>

would have to delay outputting the "text" until it was sure there were no
attributes to be added.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric Smith
> Sent: 15 April 2002 18:27
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  call-template and execute xsl command
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have a named template of the following form:
>
>
> <xsl:template name= "attributes">
>     <xsl:choose>
>      <xsl:when test="@font-size">
>       <xsl:attribute name="font-size"><xsl:value-of
> select="@font-size"/></xsl:attribute>
>      </xsl:when>
>      <xsl:when test="@text-align">
>       This text prints out if @text-align but the xsl:command
> is not executed
>       <xsl:attribute name="text-align"><xsl:value-of
> select="@text-align"/></xsl:attribute>
>      </xsl:when>
>     </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:template>
>
> called like this:
>  <xsl:variable name='y'>
>    <xsl:call-template name='attributes'/>
>  </xsl:variable>
>
> However, as you may see by my notes above, text prints out fine
> subject to the condition, however I cannot change or add
> attributes as required.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> thanx
>
> --
> Eric Smith
>
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>
>


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