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Re: Counting nodes - now specifying body in stylesheet
- From: "Mike Leahy" <mgleahy at fes dot uwaterloo dot ca>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:18:36 -0400
- Subject: Re: [xsl] Counting nodes - now specifying body in stylesheet
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Maybe there is a tool that will produce an HTML file from the output of an
XSLT stylesheet - would anyone be able to suggest one?
Thanks,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Américo Albuquerque" <aalbuquerque@viseu.ipiaget.pt>
To: <xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 11:08 AM
Subject: RE: [xsl] Counting nodes - now specifying body in stylesheet
> Hi Mike.
>
> yes, I get that to... I add the <header> tag and a title and it is ignored
> also. maby there is some attribute of the <xsl:output> tag that could make
> it work.
> I made an HTML page with the output of the stylesheet and work fine, so
the
> problem ins't the HTML code.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Mike Leahy
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:19 PM
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Counting nodes - now specifying body in stylesheet
>
>
> Thank you all for your suggestions - I'm definitely planning to move all
my
> work to XSLT at some point.
>
> Américo, I tried adding the xsl:output tag in the beginning of the xsl
> document, and that solved the table width problem. I'm still left with
one
> small detail; when I use the following body tag:
>
> <body bgcolor="#bbbbbb" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0"
> marginheight="0" rightmargin="0" margin="0">
>
> I'm still left with whitespace below the table - do you get this as well?
> Is there a way to get the <body> properties to apply to the entire page
like
> in a normal HTML file?
>
> Mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Américo Albuquerque (E-mail)" <aalbuquerque@viseu.ipiaget.pt>
> To: <xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Counting nodes - now specifying body in stylesheet
>
>
> > Hi Mike.
> >
> > I tested your code in IE6 and in N6.2.3
> > The problem you got only apper in N6. If you add to your code the
> > <xsl:output method="html"/> tag it works as you wanted to.
> >
> > your code will be something like:
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> > version="1.0">
> > <xsl:output method="html"/>
> > ...
> >
> > hope that this help
> > Américo
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Mike Leahy
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 8:39 PM
> > To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] Counting nodes - now specifying body in stylesheet
> >
> >
> > My apologies, after testing the first example again, the xsl commands do
> > work - however when I use the sample code below (which is more like the
> > actual code I'm using), my table ends up being a mile wide once I add
the
> > body element. All the information is there, but it is appearing
> off-screen
> > (I never noticed this before). This doesn't happen without the body
> > element. I removed the "width" attribute from the tables, and that
> > eliminated the problem, but now my tables are too small. I guess the
> > percentage is not recognized properly.
> >
> > Last, when I specify the body attributes (e.g. using a background image
or
> > color), the body only applies to the immediate area around the
> text/tables,
> > not the entire document. So the result is a small area with a
background,
> > and whitespace for the rest of the page. Is there a solution for that?
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> > version="1.0">
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> > <HTML>
> > <body bgcolor="#bbbbbb">
> > <TABLE cellpadding="2" width="96%" bordercolor="#000000"
cellspacing="2">
> > <TR>
> > <xsl:for-each select="metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/onlink">
> > <B><font face="Arial"><a><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of
> > select="."/></xsl:attribute>View Map</a></font></B>
> > <xsl:if test="(position() != last())"><br/>
> > </xsl:if>
> > </xsl:for-each><br/>
> > </TR>
> > <TR>
> > <TD COLSPAN="2" BORDER="2" align="right"><font color="#00000"
> > face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><B><xsl:value-of
> > select="metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/title"/> - <xsl:value-of
> > select="metadata/idinfo/natvform"/></B></font></TD>
> > </TR>
> > </TABLE>
> > <TABLE width="100%" BORDER="2" cellpadding="2" bordercolor="#000000">
> > <TR>
> > <TD HEIGHT="30" VALIGN="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
> bordercolor="#000000"
> > cellpadding="2"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><A
> > NAME="ident"
> >
>
href="/computing/services/spatialdata/documentation/fesmetadatastd_rev3.htm#
> > 1a">1</A></font></TD>
> > <TD COLSPAN="2" align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Arial,
> > Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><B>IDENTIFICATION
> > INFORMATION</B></font></TD>
> > </TR>
> > <TR>
> > <TD ROWSPAN="4"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"><a
> >
>
href="/computing/services/spatialdata/documentation/fesmetadatastd_rev3.htm#
> > 1a">1.1</a></font></TD>
> > <TD COLSPAN="2" align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc"><font
color="#000000"
> > face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Citation</b></font></TD>
> > </TR>
> > <TR>
> > <TD bgcolor="#f5f5f5"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
> > size="2"><b><font color="#000000">Originator</font></b></font></TD>
> > <TD bgcolor="#f5f5f5"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica,
> > sans-serif" size="2"><xsl:value-of
> > select="metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin"/></font></TD>
> > </TR>
> > </TABLE>
> > </body>
> > </HTML>
> > </xsl:template>
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> > I'm viewing the XML document through Netscape 6.02 - I don't know what
> > processor it is using. How can I find out?
> >
> > Here is a sample of what my XML code would look like:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="stylesheet.xsl"?>
> > <DEFANGED_metadata xml:lang="en">
> > <idinfo>
> > <citation>
> > <citeinfo>
> > <onlink>Online Link URL 1</onlink>
> > <onlink>Online Link URL 2 (and so on)</onlink>
> > <origin>Originiator name</origin>
> > </citeinfo>
> > </citation>
> > </idinfo>
> > </metadata>
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wendell Piez" <wapiez@mulberrytech.com>
> > To: <xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] Counting nodes - now specifying body in stylesheet
> >
> >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Definitely switch to XSLT. The sooner you switch, the more grief
you'll
> > > save yourself.
> > >
> > > At 11:12 AM 7/2/2002, you wrote:
> > > >Regarding the namespace I am using, one of the reasons I have not
moved
> > to
> > > >the newer namespace is that I cannot seem to make an output
stylesheet
> > look
> > > >very nice using the http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform namespace.
> > > >
> > > >Perhaps, someone could give me suggestions with this problem:
> > > >
> > > >The biggest issue I have is when I try to define the body of the
> > stylesheet.
> > > >In the example below, I have a couple simple xsl commands, and I've
> > defined
> > > >a body with a background color.
> > > >
> > > >Normally, I would get a list of all the
> > > >"metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/onlink" elements, followed by the
> > > >"metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin" element. However, once I
> have
> > > >entered the "<body>" tag, every xsl command following the for-each
> > command
> > > >end up blank - the "metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin" will
not
> > > >appear in the result, and I get no processing errors. If the
"<body>"
> > tag
> > > >and it's closing tag "</body>" are removed from the code below, then
> > > >everything works fine, but I'm stuck with unformatted results.
> > >
> > > Honestly, this is baffling. Please test very carefully (using the same
> > > XPath expressions in your for-each select) to confirm that it's the
> > > presence or absence of the <body> node that makes the difference.
> There's
> > > no way in XSLT it should; it does not change the context for the
> > evaluation
> > > of any expressions.
> > >
> > > Which processor are you using?
> > >
> > > >I've tried looking at formatting objects in XSL, but haven't been
able
> to
> > > >get anything to work yet.
> > >
> > > If you're targetting web display, write XSLT that creates HTML (for
> now).
> > > At present FOs are still being used mainly to generate print output
> (e.g.
> > > in PDF).
> > >
> > > ><?xml version="1.0"?>
> > > ><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> > > >version="1.0">
> > > ><xsl:template match="/">
> > > ><HTML>
> > > ><body bgcolor="#cccccc">
> > > >
> > > ><xsl:for-each select="metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/onlink">
> > >
> > > If you're not getting your values reported, it's probably because this
> > > XPath returns no nodes. Does your source look more or less like
> > >
> > > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > > <DEFANGED_metadata>
> > > <idinfo>
> > > <citation>
> > > <citeinfo>
> > > <onlink>Here's the value you want</onlink>
> > > </citeinfo>
> > > </citation>
> > > </idinfo>
> > > </metadata>
> > >
> > > <DEFANGED_metadata> being your document ("root") element? If not, your
> > XPath won't
> > > work. (If you post a snippet of your source, it's easy enough to see
> what
> > > XPath you need.)
> > >
> > > > <xsl:value-of select="." />
> > > > <xsl:if test="current()[(position() != last())]">
> > >
> > > This should be (position() != last())
> > > The test as given is never true (since the position of a node is
always
> > > last when it's the only node selected).
> > >
> > > > <br/>
> > > > </xsl:if>
> > > ></xsl:for-each>
> > > >
> > > ><xsl:value-of select="metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin"/>
> > > >
> > > ></body>
> > > ></HTML>
> > > ></xsl:template>
> > > ></xsl:stylesheet>
> > >
> > > From the design of this stylesheet, it also looks like you might want
> to
> > > do a bit of homework on templates. You don't really need them for this
> > > simple application, but you will.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Wendell
> > >
> > >
> > >
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