xslt troubles ...

[oLi Bou]

hi,
i've got an xml file like this

<courses>
 <course>
  <courseName>WEB</courseName>
  <chapter>
   <title>HTTP</title>
    ...
  </chapter>
  <chapter>
   <title>HTML</title>
    ...
  </chapter>
 </course>
 <course>
  <courseName>JAVA</courseName>
  <chapter>
   <title>Observer Design Pattern</title>
    ...
  </chapter>
 </course>
<courses>    

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and i'd like to make an fo that displays
the courseName for each course and then the title (and content) of the chapters of THIS course.
something like :
WEB
HTTP
contentHTTP
HTML
contentHTML
JAVA
Observer Design Pattern
contentODP
...
the way i do it now :

    <xsl:for-each select="//course">
     <fo:block
         font-size="20pt"
         font-style="italic"
         text-align="right">
      <xsl:value-of select="courseName"/>
      <xsl:for-each select="//chapter">
       <fo:block text-align="start"
                 font-size="14pt"
                 line-height="30pt">
        <xsl:number level="multiple"
                    count="chapter"
                    format="1.1.1."/> 
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
       </fo:block>
      </xsl:for-each>
     </fo:block>
    </xsl:for-each>

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it doesn't work because for each course, it displays ALL the chapters.
could you give me some help .. thanks
oLi
[ July 25, 2002: Message edited by: oLi Bou ]
[ July 25, 2002: Message edited by: oLi Bou ]

[Mapraputa Is]

looks like the problem is here:
<xsl:for-each select="//chapter"> - it will select all elements named chapter in the document, regardless of context. You need to change it to
<xsl:for-each select="chapter">
- then only chapters that are children of the current node will be selected.

[Balaji Loganathan]

Try this!!..

<xsl:for-each select="//course">
<fo:block
font-size="20pt"
font-style="italic"
text-align="right">
<xsl:value-of select="./courseName"/>
<xsl:for-each select="./chapter">
<fo:block text-align="start"
font-size="14pt"
line-height="30pt">
<xsl:number level="multiple"
count="chapter"
format="1.1.1."/> 
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:block>
</xsl:for-each>

Next time please post ur code using UBB code with indention so that it will be easier to read.
Who said " XML is both human readable and machine readable" is that Sun microsystems??

[oLi Bou]

Why, Why, Why didn't I found it by myself ?
i changed the post with the UBBcode thanks for the advice ...
and thanks for the trick too
oLi
[ July 25, 2002: Message edited by: oLi Bou ]

[oLi Bou]

hi,
I've got two other questions about this piece of code ..
1) how could it be possible to render the title differently if it is a level1 title or a level2, or level3, ...
2) with your code, my chapter titles aren't displayed correctly because i can have chapters inside chapters. and with the ./chapter, it can only take the "first level" chapters, and not the others. I tried something like this ".//chapter" but it doesn't go, because of my <xsl:apply-templates/> tag. it displays all the chapters twice.
I know it is possible because i read it somewhere but I can't find it anymore
thx
[ July 25, 2002: Message edited by: oLi Bou ]

[Balaji Loganathan]

Originally posted by oLi Bou:
1) how could it be possible to render the title differently if it is a level1 title or a level2, or level3, ...

Sorry! I can't understand ur question.

2) with your code, my chapter titles aren't displayed correctly because i can have chapters ...

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="//course">
<!-- Print Course Name-->
<xsl:apply-templates select="courseName"/>

<!-- Print each chapter details -->
<xsl:for-each select="chapter">
<!-- Print title of the each chapter -->
<xsl:apply-templates select="title"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

3st line select the root
4nd line selects the course one by one
6th line prints course name
7th line selects the chapter inside the each course one by one
...
...
Regards
Balaji