RE: xsl:attribute -- is this doing what I hope?

Hi

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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Kathy Burke
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 7:49 PM
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> Subject:  xsl:attribute -- is this doing what I hope?
That depends on what is you want to do

> 
> 
> 
> I have a <step> element with a "timer" attribute. If the 
> @timer = yes, I want to create 2 additional attributes for 
> the <step>. Please tell me where I'm going wrong...again.
> 
> Thanks...again.
> 
> Kathy
> 
> 
> <xsl:template match="@timer">
> 	<xsl:if test=".='yes'">
> 		<xsl:attribute name="Start"></xsl:attribute>
> 		<input type="button" value="Start"></input>
This will create an empty attribute named 'Start' and add a child element
<input .../>

> 		<xsl:attribute name="Finish"></xsl:attribute>
This will not work because you have already create a child element. You
can't create attributes after creating child nodes (elements, text,
comments,etc). You'll have to create the attributes before


> 		<input type="button" value="Finish"></input>
This will add a second <input .../> child element

> 	</xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
> 

If you have something like:
<somenode timer="yes"/>

After applying that template you'll end with:
<somenode start="">
 <input type="button" value="Start"/>
 <input type="button" value="Finish"/>
</somenode>




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