Re: [xsl] vars for attributes

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at CraneSoftwrights dot com>]

At 2002-07-25 16:57 +0200, sascha wrote:
> i want to use variables for border and color
> like
>
> <xsl:variable name="border" select="0pt"/>
You probably need select="'0pt'"/> to make it a string type.

> <xsl:variable name="bordercolor" select="#CCCCCC"/>
Same here select="'#CCCCCC'"/>

> but the following does not work, why?
> <fo:table-cell number-rows-spanned="2" font-size="10pt" text-align="start"
> color="black" padding="2pt" border="$border solid $bordercolor">
You need to use attribute value templates:

  border="{$border} solid {$bordercolor}"

In attribute content of a literal result element in a stylesheet, the brace 
bracket pair is interpreted as "xsl:value-of".

I hope this helps.

................ Ken

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