Re: Sibling or Node manipulation

Hey Jay,

Thank you and sorry for the private reply!

S.E.

--- JBryant@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Siarom sent me a private follow-up to ask me how to
> go about creating that 
> table. I then replied in private. Since then, I have
> thought of a better 
> solution (that one was more verbose and required a
> node-set extension or 
> XSLT 2.0). And this time, I remembered to send my
> reply to the list, so 
> that it can get into the archives.
> 
> Here's my better solution:
> 
>   <xsl:template match="customersRepInfo">
>     <fo:block><xsl:value-of
> select="criLine[1]"/></fo:block>
>     <fo:table table-layout="fixed">
>       <fo:table-column column-width="3in"/>
>       <fo:table-column column-width="3in"/>
>       <fo:table-body>
>         <fo:table-row>
>           <fo:table-cell>
>             <fo:block><xsl:value-of
> select="criLine[3]"/></fo:block>
>           </fo:table-cell>
>           <fo:table-cell>
>             <fo:block><xsl:value-of
> select="criLine[2]"/></fo:block>
>           </fo:table-cell>
>         </fo:table-row>
>       </fo:table-body>
>     </fo:table>
>     <fo:block><xsl:value-of
> select="criLine[4]"/></fo:block>
>     <fo:block><xsl:value-of
> select="criLine[5]"/></fo:block>
>   </xsl:template>
> 
> Note that this solution relies on the criLine nodes
> always being in the 
> same order. If they appear in different orders,
> you'll need to figure out 
> how to distinguish a date from a name from a title
> and so on. If you have 
> any control over the incoming XML, you'd be much
> better served to give 
> each criLine a distinct name.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution
> Technologies)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> JBryant@xxxxxxxxx 
> 09/27/2005 03:21 PM
> Please respond to
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> 
> One way is to use a table that has one row and two
> cells, one cell for the 
> 
> date and one for the "Your Signature" block.
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution
> Technologies)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> siarom egrub <egrubs@xxxxxxxxx> 
> 09/27/2005 03:04 PM
> Please respond to
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> Subject
>  Sibling or Node manipulation
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I have the following XML 
> 
> <customersRepInfo>
>   <criLine>Your Name (Print):</criLine>
>   <criLine>Your Signature:</criLine>
>   <criLine>Date:</criLine>
>   <criLine>Your Job Title:</criLine>
>   <criLine>Telephone Number:</criLine>
> </customersRepInfo>
> 
> How can I get the "Date:" line to aligned across
> from
> (horizontal to) the "Your Signature:" line my output
> PDF file? 
> 
> I have this tried
> 
> <xsl:template match="customersRepInfo">
>  <xsl:for-each select="criLine">
>     <fo:block space-before="3mm" font-size="4.8mm">
>                   <!--xsl:apply-templates/-->
>                   <xsl:value-of
> select="preceding-sibling::*
> [2]."/>  <!--This doesn't display the
> "Telephone Number:" line--->
>                   <!--<xsl:value-of select="."/>-->
> <!--Displays all
> the lines in same order as XML--->
>                   <fo:leader leader-length="3in"
> leader-pattern="rule"/>
>     </fo:block>
>   </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> but without the solution that I want.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> 
> ~S.E.
> 
> 
> 
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