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At 2007-09-20 09:56 -0400, Sharon_Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Thank you so much for replying. My quick observation finds the prevalent (and execution wasteful) use of "//" throughout your stylesheet. I suspect you may misunderstand the application and utility of this construct. It is the number one reason why many stylesheets execute slowly, and in this case, the repetition inferred by "//" is likely causing the duplicate identifiers. In another message you comment that you cannot see the generated XSL-FO. You can always inspect your generated XSL-FO by running your XML with your XSLT outside of the XSL-FO processor as a standalone transformation. Looking over the supplied code, I really cannot tell quickly where things are going wrong. I suggest again that you generate your XSL-FO standalone and inspect the results and this should reveal all to you. As for stylesheet writing techniques, there are limited use cases for "//" and I tell my students to avoid using it unless they really wish to traverse the *entire* source node tree looking for constructs. This is rarely required. Many new users of XSLT think that "//" is somehow a shortcut, but it is just plain inappropriate. If I were to guess, I would suspect you are improperly using "//" to generate multiple copies of XSL-FO constructs with identifiers. But where that happens will not be known until you inspect the generated XSL-FO. I hope this helps. . . . . . . . . . . Ken -- Upcoming public training: UBL and code lists Oct 1/5; Madrid Spain World-wide corporate, govt. & user group XML, XSL and UBL training RSS feeds: publicly-available developer resources and training G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) Male Cancer Awareness Jul'07 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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