RE: Generating form fields with xsl

Hi Kaerstin,

just guessing that your XML would look something like

<dataElement>
	<name>Field Name</name>
	<description>Field Description</description>
	<visible>visible</visible>
	<display>textarea</display>
	<optional>optional</optional>
	<multipleAllowed>false</multipleAllowed>
	<possibleValues>
		<value>some text</value>
	</possibleValues>
</dataElement>

, the following stylesheet, which uses the fragment you sent,

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="dataElement" />
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="dataElement" >
	<xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="display='textfield'">
			<input type="text" name="{name}"/>
		</xsl:when>
		<xsl:when test="display='textarea'">
			<textarea name="{name}">
				<xsl:value-of select="possibleValues/value"
/>
			</textarea>
		</xsl:when>
	</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

which outputs the following html:

<textarea name="Field Name">some text</textarea>

So, although I removed some of your code, your xsl was working fairly
well... if it is still not working for you please let us know.

<prs/>

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Curry [mailto:andrew.curry@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:51 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Generating form fields with xsl

 <xsl:choose><xsl:when test="display='textfield'"><input type="text"
name="{name}"/></xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="display='textarea'"><textarea name="{name}"
></textarea>   </xsl:when>

you are missing a $ off name and if display is an attribute it will be
preceded by a $ or @ depending on the context i.e.

 <xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@display='textfield'">
<input type="text"name="{$name}"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
otherwise do something
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pieter Reint Siegers Kort" <pieter.siegers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:48 PM
Subject: RE:  Generating form fields with xsl


> Hi Kaerstin,
>
> Please post your XML or an extract of it so we can determine the cause 
> of your problem better, just like you did with the radio and check boxes.
>
> <prs/>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Kaerstin [mailto:johns218@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:08 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Generating form fields with xsl
>
>
> I have an xml page that gets translated into a html form using my xsl 
> stylesheet. However when I try and create a textarea field, it doesnt
work.
> How does one create a <textarea name=""></textarea> equivalent in xsl?
>
>  I tried using an input with ttype textfield and also the way below: 
> they dont seem to work.
>
>
>  <xsl:choose><xsl:when test="display='textfield'"><input type="text"
> name="{name}"/></xsl:when>
>       <xsl:when test="display='textarea'"><textarea name="{name}"
> ></textarea>   </xsl:when>
>
>          <xsl:otherwise>
>
>             <xsl:apply-templates select="possibleValues">
>             <xsl:with-param name="typo" select="display"/>
>             <xsl:with-param name="multiple" select="$multiple"/>
>               <xsl:with-param name="label" select="name"/>
>                     </xsl:apply-templates>
>            </xsl:otherwise>
>        </xsl:choose>