Craig,
The problem you're seeing is caused by the actions taken (more properly, by
the actions *not* taken) in your .../header template.
In particular, the code fragment:
<fo:block
space-before="30"
space-after="30">
<xsl:value-of select="para"/>
</fo:block>
tells the XSLT processor to extract the string value of the para element
contained in the header element. That extracts *all* of the text in the
paragraph and completely ignores the linebreakhere element because it has
no string value.
In other words, all of the text in the paragraph is consumed
immediately. I doubt that the linebreakhere element gets processed at all,
because it's embedded in the para element, which shields the linebreakhere
element from being processed by the template you provided for it.
What you should try is:
<fo:block
space-before="30"
space-after="30">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
but define another template to handle the para element. A very rough
approximation of the XSLT might look something like this:
<xsl:template match="publications/header">
<fo:block
space-before="30"
space-after="30">
<xsl:value-of select="heading"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block
space-before="30"
space-after="30">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="publications/header/para">
<fo:block
space-before="30"
space-after="30">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="linebreakhere">
<fo:block/>
</xsl:template>
Try this out and see how you fare.
Hope this helps,
Jim
P.S., I'll obviously blush as soon as somebody tells me what foolish error
*I*'ve made here :-)
At 5/4/2005 06:18 AM, craig webber wrote:
For arbitrary breaks, the XSLT processor needs to be able to recognize
something, so you need an element in the middle of the text, thus:
<para1>Banana Strawberry<break/>Grape Cherry</para1>
Then you can do:
<xsl:template match="para1">
<p><xsl:apply-templates/></p>
</xsl:match>
<xsl:template match="break">
<br/>
</xsl:match>
*** ***
This is working fine in my XSLT transfrom. But not in my XSL-FO transfrom
(both use the same XML file).
I've used the following code in my XSL-FO file:
<xsl:template match="publications/header">
<fo:block
space-before="30"
space-after="30">
<xsl:value-of select="heading"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block
space-before="30"
space-after="30">
<xsl:value-of select="para"/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="publications/header/para/linebreakhere">
<fo:block
space-before="30"
space-after="30">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
And the line break appears in my XML file as follows:
<publications>
<header>
<heading>
Consultations Database
</heading>
<para>
The Department of Trade and Industry values the views of business,
consumer groups and the public. We know that we will get it right
delivering policy if we have consulted effectively.
<linebreakhere/>
The DTI seeks views on a range of proposals and existing policies, both
through formal written consultations and through informal contact and
discussion. We use a variety of consultation methods to ensure
participation from a diversity of individuals and organisations/business.
</para>
</header>
</publications>
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Craig.
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