Re: global variables and more

So I try to check first and create some global-variables and put in some values for the layout (page height, ...)

This approach doesn't work of course:
<xsl:choose>
 <xsl:when test="count(/ColumnNames/Column) &lt;= 5">
   <xsl:variable name="page-height">29.7cm</xsl:variable>
   <xsl:variable  name="page-width">21cm</xsl:variable>
   ...
 </xsl:when>

But is there a way to do something like that?

<xsl:variable name="page-height">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="count(/ColumnNames/Column) &lt;= 5">29.7cm</xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>21cm</xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="page-width">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="count(/ColumnNames/Column) &lt;= 5">21cm</xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>29.7cm</xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>

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