RE: dropdown box - style !! urgent

Ya exactly that is the problem
thanks
Shyam

On Thu, 03 May 2001, Meltem Kogelbauer wrote:

> 
> I think I understand your problem.
> 
> try this for your combo box:
> <select>
>     <xsl:attribute name="style">
>         width:<xsl:value-of select="@MaximumLength" />
>     </xsl:attribute>
> ......
> </select>
> 
> Meltem
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xslshyam@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xslshyam@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 April 2001 7:52 AM
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  dropdown box - style !! urgent
> 
> 
> Hi ALL
> 
>     I am shyam , working in an Indian based firm called Ramsoft
> Technologies. I am facing a problem with XSL in my current project. 
> 
> I have an xsl file which generates the html controls based on an XML DOM.
> the problem occurs in the case of Drop down list box.  I am not able to set
> the width of
> the combo box. How can I set the width? 
> 
> My XML DOM is something like this: 
> 
>  <DataItems> 
>  <DataItem Label = 'Result Priority:' Value = 'Routine' DataType =
> 'Restricted Dictionary' Mandatory = 'False' MaximumLength = '30'
> NumberOfLines = '1'/> 
>  <DataItem Label = 'Special Instructions:' Value = '' DataType = 'Free
> Format Text' Mandatory = 'True' MaximumLength = '255' NumberOfLines = '3'/> 
>  <DataItem Label = 'Priority' Value = '' DataType = 'Restricted Dictionary'
> Mandatory = 'False' MaximumLength = '30' NumberOfLines = '1'/> 
>   <DataItem Label = 'Rob&apos;s Check' Value = '' DataType = 'Checkbox'
> Mandatory = 'False' MaximumLength = '1' NumberOfLines = '0'/> 
> </DataItems> 
> 
> And the xsl file I am using is 
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl"> 
> 
> <!-- the match on the root node starts the HTML document--> 
> <xsl:template match="/"> 
> 
> <table> 
> 
>     <xsl:for-each select="//DataItems/DataItem"> 
>         <tr> 
>             <td id="lblLabelCol" nowrap="true"> 
>                 <p align="right"> 
>                     <label> 
>                         <xsl:if match=".[@Mandatory='True']"> 
>                            <img id="imgMandatory"
> src="../Images/BlueStar.jpg"></img> 
>                         </xsl:if> 
>                         <xsl:value-of select="@Label"/> 
>                     </label> 
>                 </p> 
>             </td> 
>   
>             <xsl:if match=".[@DataType='Checkbox']"> 
>                <td id="lblControlCol"> 
>                    <input class="OrderInfoCheckbox" type="checkbox"
> readonly="true" disabled="true"> 
>                        <xsl:attribute name="value"> 
>                            <xsl:value-of select="@Value"/> 
>                        </xsl:attribute> 
>                    </input> 
>                </td> 
>             </xsl:if> 
>   
>             <xsl:if match=".[@DataType='Free Format Text']"> 
>                 <td id="lblControlCol"> 
>                     <xsl:if match=".[@NumberOfLines>'1']"> 
>                         <textarea class="OrderInfoTextarea" readonly="true">
> 
>                             <xsl:attribute name="value"> 
>                                <xsl:value-of select="@Value"/> 
>                            </xsl:attribute> 
>                            <xsl:attribute name="cols"> 
>                                    <xsl:value-of select="@MaximumLength"/> 
>                            </xsl:attribute> 
>                            <xsl:attribute name="rows"> 
>                                    <xsl:value-of select="@NumberOfLines"/> 
>                            </xsl:attribute> 
>                         </textarea> 
>                     </xsl:if> 
>   
>                     <xsl:if match=".[@NumberOfLines='1']"> 
>                         <input class="OrderInfoLargeText" type="text"
> readonly="true"> 
>                             <xsl:attribute name="value"> 
>                                <xsl:value-of select="@Value"/> 
>                            </xsl:attribute> 
>                            <xsl:attribute name="size"> 
>                                    <xsl:value-of select="@MaximumLength"/> 
>                            </xsl:attribute> 
>                         </input> 
>                      </xsl:if> 
>                 </td> 
>             </xsl:if> 
>   
>             <xsl:if match=".[@DataType='Restricted Dictionary']"> 
>              <td id="lblControlCol"> 
>   
>                  <select id="lstDictionary" name="lstDictionary"
> class="OrderInfoList" readonly="true" disabled="true"> 
>                         <option><xsl:value-of select="@Value"/></option> 
>                     </select> 
>   
>              </td> 
>             </xsl:if> 
>         </tr> 
>     </xsl:for-each> 
> </table> 
> 
> </xsl:template> 
> </xsl:stylesheet> 
> 
> Here for setting the width for the combo box normally I should give
> "style=width:<MaximumLength>". But how will I make an xsl attribute
> "style=width:" 
> and how will I assign this length to the above attribute ?? 
> 
> I have one more doubth : This Maximum Length I am getting in characters. But
> I think the width attribute takes only in Pixels. % etc . How will i convert
> this
> characters in terms of pixels?? 
> 
> This project is meant to work only with IE 5.5 and I am using MSXML3.0 . 
> 
> I will be grateful to you for your response and it is quite urgent. 
> 
> Thanks and Regards 
> Shyam 
> 
> 
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