RE: Node test--> text -->different format

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry van Weldam
>
> [quote]
> using square brackets where none are needed
> [/quote]
> Hmm, indeed <xsl:when test="Row/Column_01!='Total'"> is better, right?


Yup!

<xsl:template match="Row/*">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="Row/Column_01 != 'Total'>

is the right way, *but*...

This will fail, because I believe your XML Row Element does not have child
nodes that have Row children... (just a guess) The above code would, for
every child node of a Row element, test whether its child(ren) --if any -
'Row/Column_01' equal the 'Total' string...

It would work for an XML that is structured like this:

<root>
  <Row>
    <SomeElement>
      <Row>
        <Column_01>Total</Column_01>
      </Row>
    </SomeElement>
  </Row>
</root>

However, I think yours looks like:

<root>
  <Row>
    <Column_01>Total</Column_01>
    <Column_02>...</Column_02>
    ...
  </Row>
</root>

So better to replace the template by:

<xsl:template match="Row">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="Column_01 = 'Total'">
      <!-- 'Row' is the current node, so you're actually testing
           for a possible 'Row/Column_01' element here -->
      <!-- bold formatting -->
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <!-- normal formatting -->
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

Other suggestions? I think you can also solve it this way (a bit more
compact):

<xsl:template match="Row">
  ...
    <fo:block>
	<xsl:if test="Column_01 = 'Total'>
        <xsl:attribute name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute>
      </xsl:if>
      <!-- content here -->
    </fo:block>
 ...
</xsl:template>

In the latter solution, you only need to describe the fo:block once, and add
the boldface if and only if the Column_01 element in the Row being processed
equals the 'Total' string.


Cheerz,

Andreas


 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list