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Blaise Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: Insane since: Jun 2003	posted 05-20-2004 12:42 Hi guys, I'm a little bit green when it comes to XSL and I've got some code that I've got to tweak, can't really get my head round it so I thought I'd ask here. Ok, I've got an XML document that looks something like this... code: <document xmlns:xf="http://apache.org/cocoon/jxforms/1.0"> <xf:form id="generic-refer" action="refer" method="GET"> <xf:group class="patientDetails"> <xf:label>Patient Details</xf:label> <error> <xf:violations class="error"/> </error> <xf:input ref="/title"> <xf:label>Title</xf:label> <xf:violations class="error"/> </xf:input> <xf:input ref="/surname"> <xf:label>Surname</xf:label> <xf:violations class="error"/> </xf:input> <xf:input ref="/firstname"> <xf:label>Firstname</xf:label> <xf:violations class="error"/> </xf:input> </xf:group> <xf:submit id="refer" continuation="foward" class="button"> <xf:label>Refer</xf:label> <xf:hint>Click to refer</xf:hint> </xf:submit> </xf:form> </document> You can see here that it basically holds information about HTML form objects eg. input boxes, with their name and a label. My XSL looks something like this... code: <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xf="http://apache.org/cocoon/jxforms/1.0"> <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="no"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="xf:input"> <input name="{@ref}" type="text" value="{xf:value/text()}" class="refTbox"> <!-- copy all attributes from the original markup, except for "ref" --> <xsl:copy-of select="@[not(name()='ref')]"/> <xsl:apply-templates select="xf:hint"/> </input> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> phew! Ok, so when I run this I get a list of my items, but I want is to display them in a table layout, instead of them all being rendered one after the other on teh page, is there a way to do this with the XSL? Sorry if this question is vague but any help or guidance would be appreciated. Cheers, Blaise.
HZR Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Cold Sweden Insane since: Jul 2002	posted 05-20-2004 20:05 Why aren't you using the TABLE element then? (Edited by HZR on 05-20-2004 20:05)
Blaise Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: Insane since: Jun 2003	posted 05-21-2004 11:06 Well the problem is I can't seem to add any formatting, If you check the XML you can see that there is a tag called group, each group has it's own class as an attribute. a group consists of a load of input boxes, labels and maybe radio buttons etc basically form elements. I want to write some XSL that will format those form elements into rows of two columns each, so two form elements to each row, if you get what I mean, I was looking at using a for loop in XSL, but I can't work how to get it to do two at a time Any ideas?

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Blaise
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Jun 2003

posted 05-20-2004 12:42

Hi guys,

I'm a little bit green when it comes to XSL and I've got some code that I've got to tweak, can't really get my head round it so I thought I'd ask here.

Ok, I've got an XML document that looks something like this...

code:

<document xmlns:xf="http://apache.org/cocoon/jxforms/1.0">

  <xf:form id="generic-refer" action="refer" method="GET">

    <xf:group class="patientDetails">

      <xf:label>Patient Details</xf:label>

      <error>

        <xf:violations class="error"/>

      </error>

     <xf:input ref="/title">

       <xf:label>Title</xf:label>

       <xf:violations class="error"/>

     </xf:input>

     <xf:input ref="/surname">

       <xf:label>Surname</xf:label>

       <xf:violations class="error"/>

     </xf:input>

     <xf:input ref="/firstname">

       <xf:label>Firstname</xf:label>

       <xf:violations class="error"/>

     </xf:input>

   </xf:group>

   <xf:submit id="refer" continuation="foward" class="button">

     <xf:label>Refer</xf:label>

     <xf:hint>Click to refer</xf:hint>

   </xf:submit>

</xf:form>

</document>

You can see here that it basically holds information about HTML form objects eg. input boxes, with their name and a label.

My XSL looks something like this...

code:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xf="http://apache.org/cocoon/jxforms/1.0">

<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="no"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">

    <xsl:apply-templates/>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="xf:input">

  <input name="{@ref}" type="text" value="{xf:value/text()}" class="refTbox">

    <!-- copy all attributes from the original markup, except for "ref" -->

    <xsl:copy-of select="@*[not(name()='ref')]"/>

    <xsl:apply-templates select="xf:hint"/>

  </input>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

*phew!

Ok, so when I run this I get a list of my items, but I want is to display them in a table layout, instead of them all being rendered one after the other on teh page, is there a way to do this with the XSL?

Sorry if this question is vague but any help or guidance would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Blaise.

HZR
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Cold Sweden
Insane since: Jul 2002

posted 05-20-2004 20:05

Why aren't you using the TABLE element then?

(Edited by HZR on 05-20-2004 20:05)

Blaise
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Jun 2003

posted 05-21-2004 11:06

Well the problem is I can't seem to add any formatting,

If you check the XML you can see that there is a tag called group, each group has it's own class as an attribute. a group consists of a load of input boxes, labels and maybe radio buttons etc basically form elements.

I want to write some XSL that will format those form elements into rows of two columns each, so two form elements to each row, if you get what I mean,

I was looking at using a for loop in XSL, but I can't work how to get it to do two at a time

Any ideas?

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