No, thanks so much for the help from everyone...  I am
getting the hang of this now!  
THANKS Jay!!!
--- JBryant@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> My bad on that one. Typing too fast and thinking of
> my own problem at the 
> time.
> 
> Sorry, Josh
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution
> Technologies
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> 04/05/2005 04:02 PM
> Please respond to
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> 
> 
> To
> <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> Subject
> RE:  xsl formating string
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Your problem is:
> 
> <xsl:when test="../format_control='C1'"/>
>                                        ^
>                                        |
> 
> that the xsl:when is an empty element. The fo:block
> is therefore a direct
> child of xsl:choose, which is not allowed.
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/ 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: josh higgins [mailto:doopsterus@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 05 April 2005 20:49
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re:  xsl formating string
> > 
> > am I not allowed to have fo blocks inside the when
> > blocks b/c it always yells at me and tells me that
> I
> > am not allowed to have a fo block in that section
> of
> > the code.
> > 
> > 
> > --- JBryant@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > > <span> is an HTML element. I didn't realize you
> were
> > > writing FO. 
> > > <fo:inline> is the FO equivalent of <span>, more
> or
> > > less. In your case, 
> > > you can put the styling information on the
> blocks,
> > > as you have done.
> > > 
> > > To get this to work, you need to use a relative
> path
> > > identifier rather 
> > > than the absolute path from the root. So, you
> need:
> > > 
> > > <xsl:template name="detail">
> > >   <xsl:for-each select="/invoice/detail/row">
> > >     <fo:block font-size="8pt" >
> > >       <xsl:apply-templates
> > > select="transaction_detail"/>
> > >       <xsl:value-of select="amount"/>
> > >     </fo:block>
> > >   </xsl:for-each> 
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > > <xsl:template match="transaction_detail">
> > >   <xsl:choose>
> > >     <xsl:when test="../format_control='C1'"/>
> > >       <fo:block color="blue">
> > >         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > >       </fo:block>
> > >     </xsl:when>
> > >     <xsl:when test="../format_control='U1'"/>
> > >       <fo:block font-style="underline">
> > >         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > >       </fo:block>
> > >     </xsl:when>
> > >   </xsl:choose>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > > You also had </xsl:choose> in place of the last
> > > </xsl:when>. Your XML 
> > > parser should have complained about that.
> > > 
> > > Jay Bryant
> > > Bryant Communication Services
> > > (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution
> > > Technologies)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > josh higgins <doopsterus@xxxxxxxxx> 
> > > 04/05/2005 02:12 PM
> > > Please respond to
> > > xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 
> > > 
> > > To
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> > > cc
> > > 
> > > Subject
> > > Re:  xsl formating string
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ok, I have come up with the following code but
> it
> > > does
> > > not like it.  Does not like the fo:block in the
> > > choose.  I tried to add the <span> </span> block
> but
> > > it didn't like that either.  Said it was no
> allowed
> > > there.  Ideas?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > <xsl:template name="detail">
> > >                  <xsl:for-each
> > > select="/invoice/detail/row">
> > >                                  <fo:block
> > > font-size="8pt" >
> > > 
> > > <xsl:apply-templates 
> > > select="transaction_detail"/>
> > > <xsl:value-of select="amount"/>
> > >                                  </fo:block>
> > >                  </xsl:for-each> 
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > > <xsl:template match="transaction_detail">
> > >                  <xsl:choose>
> > >                                  <xsl:when
> > > test="/invoice/detail/row/format_control='C1'"/>
> > > 
> > > <fo:block color="blue">
> > >  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > > 
> > > </fo:block>
> > >                                  </xsl:when>
> > >                                  <xsl:when
> > > test="/invoice/detail/row/format_control='U1'"/>
> > > 
> > > <fo:block 
> > > font-style="underline">
> > >  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > > 
> > > </fo:block>
> > >                                  </xsl:choose>
> > >                  </xsl:choose>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- JBryant@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Ah, so. In that case:
> > > > 
> > > > <xsl:template match="transaction_detail">
> > > >   <xsl:choose>
> > > >     <xsl:when test="../format_control='C1'">
> > > >       <!-- Apply the C1 format -->
> > > >     </xsl:when>
> > > >     <xsl:when test="../format_control='.0'">
> > > >       <!-- Apply the .0 format -->
> > > >     </xsl:when>
> > > >     <!-- and so on -->
> > > >   </xsl:choose>
> > > > </xsl:template>
> > > > 
> > > > Jay Bryant
> > > > Bryant Communication Services
> > > > (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution
> > > > Technologies)
> 
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