Re: Empty object

Mike Haarman wrote:

> But my first priority is to get   into my
>  
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> > transformed output.
> >    
> Why!?
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> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2003-June/msg00099.html
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> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/xsl-list/2001-11/msg00782.html
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> > <xsl:text>&amp;nbsp;</xsl:text> when transformed still places
> >    
> &amp;nbsp;
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> > into my output when viewed with a browser.
> >    
> Because you didn't add the attribute disable-output-escaping="yes" to
> the xsl:text node.  You did not read the FAQ or you would know that and
> also why you don't want to do that.
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> > What am I doing wrong?
> >    
> You're not doing your reading and you're not listening.
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> http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/nbsp.html#d6216e236
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> If your PHB is demanding an entity reference in the output of your
> transformation, get him to post and we'll put him straight too.
>
>
> Mike
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>
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Mike,

I actually read all the posts you directed me to. Thank you for your 
input. Solved the problem yesterday. I have included snippets of my code 
below.
xml input file
<snippet..>

<!DOCTYPE WITAGLIB [
  <!ENTITY nbsp "&#160;">
]>

xsl file
<snippet..with OBJECT template>

<xsl:choose>
              <xsl:when test="text() = '&#160;'">
              <xsl:text 
disable-output-escaping="yes">&amp;nbsp;</xsl:text>
                            </xsl:when>
              <xsl:otherwise><xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:otherwise>
          </xsl:choose>
          </td>
XHTML output file:
<snippet..>

  <td 
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;height:20px;width:98px;">$4.00</td> 

                                      <td 
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;height:20px;width:98px;">&nbsp;</td>
- Scott

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