Re: [xsl] Setting attributes of FO element

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg dot heinicke at gmx dot de>]

Hello Emma,

your code is not so wrong, you only set the elements attribute and 
value-of in the wrong namespace. Otherwise - if the matched element has 
@colspan or not - your code with little changes should work:

 > <fo:table-cell>
 >     <xsl:if test='@colspan'>
 >         <xsl:attribute name="number-columns-spanned">
 >               <xsl:value-of select="@colspan" />
 >        </xsl:attribute>
 >     </xsl:if>
 > </fo:table-cell>

The 'xsl'-namespace-prefix says, that the XSL-Transformer should handle 
this node. Otherwise it is a node, that will only be copied to the 
output, so with your code you should have this

<fo:table-cell>
    <fo:attribute name="number-columns-spanned">
       <fo:value-of select="@colspan" />
    </fo:attribute>
</fo:table-cell>

in your output, isn't it?

Regards,

Joerg


Emma Larsson wrote:
> Hi all..
> 
> How do I set the attribute to a FO element after the element has been declared?
> 
> I want to do something like this:
> 
> <fo:table-cell>
>     <xsl:if test='@colspan'>
>         <fo:attribute name="number-columns-spanned">
>               <fo:value-of select="@colspan" />
>        </fo:attribute>
>     </xsl:if>
> </fo:table-cell>
> 
> That is, I want to set the attribute number-columns-spanned for the element table-cell.
> But the attribute is not always set in the XML file, so I can't count on the value being 
> set.. 
> 
> The 'solution' above is not supported, at least not as far as I can see. Is there any other 
> way to solve the problem? Any help is appreciated...
> 
> /Emma


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