Re: xsl formating string

<span> is an HTML element. I didn't realize you were writing FO. 
<fo:inline> is the FO equivalent of <span>, more or less. In your case, 
you can put the styling information on the blocks, as you have done.

To get this to work, you need to use a relative path identifier rather 
than the absolute path from the root. So, you need:

<xsl:template name="detail">
  <xsl:for-each select="/invoice/detail/row">
    <fo:block font-size="8pt" >
      <xsl:apply-templates select="transaction_detail"/>
      <xsl:value-of select="amount"/>
    </fo:block>
  </xsl:for-each> 
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="transaction_detail">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="../format_control='C1'"/>
      <fo:block color="blue">
        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
      </fo:block>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:when test="../format_control='U1'"/>
      <fo:block font-style="underline">
        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
      </fo:block>
    </xsl:when>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

You also had </xsl:choose> in place of the last </xsl:when>. Your XML 
parser should have complained about that.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)




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Ok, I have come up with the following code but it does
not like it.  Does not like the fo:block in the
choose.  I tried to add the <span> </span> block but
it didn't like that either.  Said it was no allowed
there.  Ideas?



<xsl:template name="detail">
                 <xsl:for-each select="/invoice/detail/row">
                                 <fo:block font-size="8pt" >
                                                 <xsl:apply-templates 
select="transaction_detail"/>
<xsl:value-of select="amount"/>
                                 </fo:block>
                 </xsl:for-each> 
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="transaction_detail">
                 <xsl:choose>
                                 <xsl:when
test="/invoice/detail/row/format_control='C1'"/>
                                                 <fo:block color="blue">
 <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                                                 </fo:block>
                                 </xsl:when>
                                 <xsl:when
test="/invoice/detail/row/format_control='U1'"/>
                                                 <fo:block 
font-style="underline">
 <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                                                 </fo:block>
                                 </xsl:choose>
                 </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>



--- JBryant@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Ah, so. In that case:
> 
> <xsl:template match="transaction_detail">
>   <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="../format_control='C1'">
>       <!-- Apply the C1 format -->
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:when test="../format_control='.0'">
>       <!-- Apply the .0 format -->
>     </xsl:when>
>     <!-- and so on -->
>   </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution
> Technologies)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> josh higgins <doopsterus@xxxxxxxxx> 
> 04/05/2005 01:44 PM
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> Sorry my xml is not like that... Here is a sample of
> my xml
> 
> <row>
>  <line_sequence>3</line_sequence>
> 
> <transaction_detail> 
> Transaction
> Activity</transaction_detail>
>  <format_control>C1</format_control>
> 
> <group_no>1</group_no>
>                                  </row>
> 
> format_control determines the format of
> transaction_detail
> 
> 
> --- JBryant@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi, Josh,
> > 
> > For the sake of this dicussion, I assume that the
> > strings are contained in 
> > elements and that the elements have format
> > attributes, thus:
> > <someElement format="C1">Some String</someElement>
> > 
> > In that case, you can do this:
> > <xsl:template match="someElement">
> >   <xsl:choose>
> >     <xsl:when test="@format='C1'">
> >       <span style="color:#0000FF"><xsl:value-of
> > select="."/></span>
> >     </xsl:when>
> >     <xsl:when test="@format='.0'">
> >       <xsl:value-of select="concat(., '.0')"/>
> >     </xsl:when>
> >     <xsl:when test="somethingElse">
> >       And so on...
> >     </xsl:when>
> >     <xsl:otherwise>
> >       <xsl:message>Ruh Roh! No
> format!</xsl:message>
> >     </xsl:otherwise>
> > </xsl:choose>
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > If the source document contains the strings and
> > format values in some 
> > other structure, you'll have to adjust, but I hope
> > you get the idea. If 
> > you can't figure it out, post a sample of your
> > source document's 
> > structure.
> > 
> > Jay Bryant
> > Bryant Communication Services
> > (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution
> > Technologies)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > josh higgins <doopsterus@xxxxxxxxx> 
> > 04/05/2005 01:06 PM
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> > 
> > I have a xml file that I has strings in it.  I
> want
> > to
> > do so sort of if logic that says if it is "C1"
> > format
> > with blue text if it is "U1" format it with
> > underline.
> >  Then if it is "0" I want to concatenate a .0 on
> the
> > end of that how can that be done?  How can I do
> > these
> > things.  I know that I will probably use an xsl:if
> 
> > but I am not sure what the snytax is with
> comparing
> > strings.  Can someone give me a sample code of how
> > this would be done? Thanks!
> > 
> > Josh
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