Sorry,
The e-mail width did not do the output justice. Let's try that a
different way.
output as this,
<part-number> <Desc.> <View> <Note Title> <Note Desc>
<View> <Note Title> <Note Desc>
The first 2 cells in the second table row are empty, but their
corresponding tags must be output. This is due to the relationship between
the view -> note title -> note description to the part number ->
description. There may also be instances where I have multiple note/note
desc pairs or multiple note descriptions for a note title for a specific
view. I also need to be able to handle these, but I am having difficulty
finding and information on this. Performing these actions in XSL to HTML
transformation is relatively easy, but I have, as yet, had difficulty
getting the same logic to work in XSL-FO.
A push in the right direction is appreciated though.
thanks,
Jeremy
---Andrew Welch wrote:
Hi,
You need to just apply-templates in document order, so in english you
might say
for each <inst-part>
output <part-number>
output <description>
output <inst-notes>
at the moment you are saying
for each <inst-note>
output <part-number>
output <description>
output content...
so naturally enough you will get the <part-number> and <description>
output every time you encounter an <inst-note>.
Rearrange your templates a little and then apply them in document order
(if your dtd allows)
(untested)
<xsl:template match="inst-part">
<!-- format the part number and description -->
<!-- It is not that easy with FO -->
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="part-number">
<fo:table-row line-height="10pt">
<fo:table-cell padding="4pt">
<fo:block text-align="start">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="4pt" height="1cm">
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="description">
<fo:table-cell padding="4pt" height="1cm">
<fo:block text-align="start">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="inst-note">
<!-- format the output of the "view" value along -->
<!-- with the note contents. This will not start -->
<!-- at the beginning of the line. -->
<!--....part-number and description handling code separated out-->
<fo:table-cell padding="4pt" height="1cm">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select="view"/>
.....
cheers
andrew
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