Try xsl:choose. I'm available for consulting.
> Edward Dowgiallo wrote: > > I seem to be not getting the intended use of xsl:choice. > > The following stylesheet segment causes fop to terminate with the > message: ...; Line 78 Column 25; [ERROR]: null > > <fo:block font-family="Helvetica" font-size="18pt" > text-align="end"> > <xsl:choice> > <xsl:when test="//eraname"> > <xsl:value-of select="//eraname"/> > </xsl:when> > <xsl:when test="//conflictname"> > <xsl:value-of select="//conflictname"/> > </xsl:when> > <xsl:otherwise> > <xsl:text>History of the World</xsl:text> > </xsl:otherwise> > <xsl:choice> > </fo:block> > 1st, a more verbose error message would be useful. > > 2nd, What I am trying to do is find out if the current element > contains an element named "eraname", if it does I want to use the > value of the element "eraname" > If it doesn't I want to check if the current element contains a child > element named "conflictname", if it does I want to use the value of > the element "conflictname". > If it doesn't I want to slap in some boiler plate text. > > The xml file being processed when this fails does contain the child > element "eraname". > > I'd be more than happy to use a workaround here. > > Thank you, > Ed --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
