RE: Including tags in an xml:variable

Why not just use a named template?  It automatically puts its contents into
the result tree and you don't have to fight against the language (is that
what your comment about < meant?).

PC2

<xsl:template name="ColumnWidths">
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="2in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="2in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
</xsl:variable>

<fo:table>
  <xsl:call-template name="$ColumnWidths"/>
  <fo:table-body>
  ** OMITTED TABLE STUFF **
  </fo:table-body>
</fo:table>

  **  More Omitted Stuff **
<fo:table>
  <xsl:call-template name="$ColumnWidths"/>
  <fo:table-body>
  ** SOME OTHER TABLE STUFF HERE**
  </fo:table-body>
</fo:table>

-----Original Message-----
From: Huisking, Michael [mailto:MHuisking@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: July 3, 2001 10:34
To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject:  Including tags in an xml:variable


Hi.

Is there a way to define an xml:variable that contains tags such that the
tags themselves will literally be written out to the outfile on the
transformation?

I have an xsl file that I use to produce an fo file.  It contains several
tables that have the same column definitions and I'd like to be able to
declare the definition once and use it many times in the file.  For example:

<xsl:variable name="ColumnWidths">
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="2in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="2in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="0.5in"/>
</xsl:variable>

<fo:table>
  <xsl:value-of select="$ColumnWidths"/>
  <fo:table-body>
  ** OMITTED TABLE STUFF **
  </fo:table-body>
</fo:table>

  **  More Omitted Stuff **
<fo:table>
  <xsl:value-of select="$ColumnWidths"/>
  <fo:table-body>
  ** SOME OTHER TABLE STUFF HERE**
  </fo:table-body>
</fo:table>


Is something like this possible?  I haven't had any luck trying to use &lt
and &gt (they stay as the literals "&gt" and "&lt" in the output.)

Thanks in advance.

Michael Huisking
California ISO

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