Re: Best way to use global params in templates to cove

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Burke" <Kathy_Burke@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 7:34 PM
Subject:  Best way to use global params in templates to cover potential
com binations?


> First, I have done a bunch of reading on params, but haven't quite seen
what
> I need to understand how to accomplish what I hope I'm describing below.
>
> Within an xml doc, I have an element named <link> with attributes for
> Customer and Assembly. A document may or may not use these attributes (if
> blank, means use for all customers and/or assemblies). For example, in one
> doc I there could be multiple <link> elements within a <para> (<para> is
the
> parent element) such as:
>
> <link Customer="XYZ" urlf="graphic1.gif">Show picture one.</link>
> <link Customer="ABC" Assembly="1234" url="graphic2.gif">Show picture
> two.</link>
> <link Customer="GGG" url="graphic3.gif">Show picture three.</link>
>
> From within my app, I pass the two values as parameters (e.g.,
> Customer='ABC', Assembly='1234') to the xsl stylesheet. (believe it or
not,
> I actually KNOW how to do this!).
>
> To date, I've only used a simple template, not requiring the use of these
> parameters as filters:
>
> <xsl:template match="link">
>       <a target='_blank" href="{@url}"><xsl:apply-templates/></a>
> </xsl:template>
>
> In English, I need to cover in xsl all potential combinations of Customer
> and Assembly (exists or not exists), for example:
>
> 1. If the Customer attribute does NOT exist in <link>, show the link
{@url}
> regardless of the param value for customer XYZ.
> 2. If the Customer attribute DOES exist, show the link ONLY if the
attribute
> matches the param value XYZ.
> 3. Also, various combinations of Customer AND Assembly attributes exist,
> etc.
>
> Hope this explanation is clear enough.
>
> I'm confused (big surprise!) on how to combine these requirements and the
> syntax to do so. Any suggestions, or pointers in the right direction, are
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Kathy
>
>
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