Re: [xsl] using position to change row colors

["David B. Bitton" <david at codenoevil dot com>]

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Amy,
	Much easier to do.  Just put this in the TR

	<tr class=3D"cell{position() mod 2}>

The output will be either 'class=3D"cell1"' or 'class=3D"cell0"'.  Now, jus=
t add those classes to
your CSS style sheet, and you'll be on your way.=20

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 05:45:07PM -0800, Amy Kaizerman wrote:
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> Hi everyone.  I realize this is described in the XSL doc at w3c.  What
> I'm running into is confusion
> about what node I'm at, at least I think that's it, or it maybe a
> boundary condition problem?
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> Here's my XSL:
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> <xsl:stylesheet version=3D"1.0"
>  xmlns:xsl=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>  xmlns:Aps=3D"http://www.assist.com/";
>  xmlns:xalan=3D"http://xml.apache.org/xalan";
>         xmlns:ino=3D"http://namespaces.softwareag.com/tamino/response2";
>  exclude-result-prefixes=3D"Aps xalan ino">
>   <xsl:output method=3D"html" indent=3D"yes"/>
>   <xsl:param name=3D"Name" select=3D"."/>
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>   <xsl:template match=3D"/">
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>     <xsl:for-each select=3D"Aps:VpmResultSet/Aps:PartStructure">
>       <xsl:for-each select=3D"xalan:evaluate($Name)">
>       <tr>
>         <xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when test=3D"position() mod 2 =3D 0">
>      <xsl:attribute name=3D"class">dark</xsl:attribute>
>           </xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test=3D"position() mod 2 =3D 1">
>      <xsl:attribute name=3D"class">light</xsl:attribute>
>           </xsl:when>
>         </xsl:choose>
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>         <td><xsl:value-of
> select=3D"ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:Name"/></td>
>         <td><xsl:value-of
>    select=3D"ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:TopAssemblyName"/></td>
>         <td><xsl:value-of
>    select=3D"ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:PartNumber"/></td>
>         <td><xsl:value-of select=3D"Aps:DocumentId"/></td>
>         <td><a><xsl:attribute
> name=3D"href">/assist/model/apsVpmSheets/?id=3D<xsl:value-of
> select=3D"ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/@ino:id"/>&amp;type=3D<xsl:value-of
> select=3D"$Name"/>&amp;name=3D<xsl:value-of select=3D"Aps:Name"/>
>             </xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select=3D"Aps:Name"/>
>         </a></td>
>       </tr>
>       </xsl:for-each>
>     </xsl:for-each>
>   </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
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> And my XML (a very small section of it) :
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> <?xml version=3D"1.0"?>
> <Aps:VpmResultSet xmlns:Aps=3D"http://www.assist.com/";>
> <Aps:PartStructure xmlns:Aps=3D"http://www.assist.com/";>
>   <Aps:Name>tmp2</Aps:Name>
>   <Aps:AsDesigned>
>      <Aps:Drawing>
>         <Aps:Name>another thing 2</Aps:Name>
>         <Aps:Author>CM 2</Aps:Author>
>      </Aps:Drawing>
>      <Aps:Model>
>         <Aps:Name>a file</Aps:Name>
>         <Aps:Author>Amy</Aps:Author>
>      </Aps:Model>
>   </Aps:AsDesigned>
> </Aps:PartStructure>
> <Aps:PartStructure xmlns:Aps=3D"http://www.assist.com/";>
>   <Aps:Name>tmp2</Aps:Name>
>   <Aps:AsDesigned>
>      <Aps:Drawing>
>         <Aps:Name>another thing</Aps:Name>
>         <Aps:Author>CM</Aps:Author>
>      </Aps:Drawing>
>      <Aps:Drawing>
>         <Aps:Name>another thing 2</Aps:Name>
>         <Aps:Author>CM 2</Aps:Author>
>      </Aps:Drawing>
>      <Aps:Model>
>         <Aps:Name>a file</Aps:Name>
>         <Aps:Author>Amy</Aps:Author>
>      </Aps:Model>
>   </Aps:AsDesigned>
> </Aps:PartStructure>
> </Aps:VpmResultSet>
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> What happens is I get light, light, dark in <tr class=3D"">.  What I want
> is for every row
> of the table to have alternating colors, or light, dark, light.
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> I also realize that this isn't be best looking XSLT.  I have another one
> that uses apply-templates,
> but I had a lot of trouble getting that to work after I started needing
> to pass in a param and using
> xalan:evaluate().  If you have pointers on how to make this look better
> I'd appreciate that too.
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> Mostly though I'd like to get my colors worked out.
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> Can anybody help me?
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> Amy
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>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list

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David B. Bitton
david@codenoevil.com

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