John,
it's hard to help you without knowing the relevant structure of your
XML input, and all relevant parts of your style sheet.
1.
So I have to guess for the Input XML:
- your XML tree contains only one <HSDataContainerType name="Inputs">
- your XML tree contains only one <HSDataContainerType name="Outputs">
- "Inputs" and "Outputs" are siblings, at least not contained in each other
The XML part you posted in one of your recent mails contained only one
"Outputs" and no "Inputs", so I can't tell, if the above is true.
If it is true then it should be very simple to do.
2.
For your XSL, I guess:
What you are trying to do is:
For every field type <HSString>, <HSDecimal>, <HSInteger>, etc.:
- write a template which outputs the field properties.
- if it is the first "Inputs" or "Outputs" field, regardless of the type,
print the {In|Out}put Descriptions heading.
This seems to be a complicated solution to me. You have to copy
(or call) the code to do this in every type's template.
Better:
Your stylesheet contains some code which looks roughly like:
<xsl:apply-templates select="HSDataContainerType"/>
and which is responsible for processing the "Inputs" and "Outputs"
Container Types. How does it look like in your stylesheet?
(i.e. there may be a mode attribute)
If you found it, change it to (roughly:)
<h5><a name="in">Input Description</a></h5>
<xsl:apply-templates select="HSDataContainerType[(_at_)name='Inputs']"/>
<h5><a name="out">Output Description</a></h5>
<xsl:apply-templates select="HSDataContainerType[(_at_)name='Outputs']"/>
You can use your tests "[contains(@name, 'Inputs')]" if nescessary.
You may also output the description headings only if there exist at least
input/output field, resp. The easiest way to do this is write templates for
HSDataContainerType[(_at_)name='***puts'] and put the heading there,
but you may also do a simple
<xsl:if test="HSDataContainerType[(_at_)name='***puts']"> around the above.
The logic behind is:
"Find the part in your XML input which corresponds to the
wanted description heading on HTML output."
This is not the first "Input" field.
It is the <HSDataContainerType name="Inputs"> element.
Hope this helps. I fear that I can't help you more without exact
knowledge of your XML structure (see [1.] above) and all relevant parts
of your stylesheet (not only the templates but also how they are
applied or called).
Regards,
Markus
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Von: John Liebermann
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2003 23:19
An: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Betreff: [xsl] can't display heading in between fields...pls. help
[...]
The highlighted 'Output Description' above is displayed during all times
where there is a <HSString> which has an ancestor 'Output'. I want this to
be displayed ONLY once.
So, what i can't figure out is how to be able to display a heading in
between the descriptions (as marked on the output above). Thank you all for
your help.
Regards,
John
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