See below. People actually do use XML for "incoming customer Purchase Orders." This was seen on the xsl-list. I have no idea whether the XML PO was based on an open standard like UBL, but that's not the important point I wish to make. Everyone reading the note on xsl-list is probably familiar with XML syntax and XSLT stylesheets - whether they are mathematicians, teachers, agronomists, chemists, petroleum engineers, programmers, web designers, or whatever. There's safety in numbers. Wouldn't that be a hoot if a particle physicist helped this guy out? That wouldn't be such a stretch to imagine. But how many particle physicists know Gentran?
William J. Kammerer Novannet Columbus, OH 43221-3859 . USA +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Varley, Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Xsl-List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 02 February, 2005 12:11 PM Subject: [xsl] Formatting Text Output Hi I have a requirement that involves incoming customer Purchase Orders in xml format and I need to extract the relevant data and output that information in a text file. The item code, description and order quantity need to appear in columns aligned with the colomn headings. I've got it all working and I'm seperating the columns with <xsl:text>	....	</xsl:text> to obtain the required spacing. The problem that I've got is that the product description is variable length and therefore the number of 	 characters that need inserting to line up the following colomns depends upon the length of the description - and I can't find any sort of length() function. Any suggestions how I go about this? Regards Roger --~------------------------------------------------------------------ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list To unsubscribe, go to: http://lists.mulberrytech.com/xsl-list/ or e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~-- . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
