vmote 2003/11/12 09:28:07
Modified: src/documentation/content/xdocs faq.xml fo.xml
Log:
add doc for using current date and time, and create an FAQ referencing it
Revision Changes Path
1.40 +6 -0 xml-fop/src/documentation/content/xdocs/faq.xml
Index: faq.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-fop/src/documentation/content/xdocs/faq.xml,v
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--- faq.xml 12 Nov 2003 15:11:59 -0000 1.39
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@@ -972,6 +972,12 @@
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
+ <faq id="xslt-current-date">
+ <question>(XSLT) How can I use the current date and time in my
document?</question>
+ <answer>
+ <p>See <link href="fo.html#xslt-date">Current Date and Time</link>.</p>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
</part>
<part id="part-help">
<title>General suggestions. How to solve problems.</title>
1.9 +22 -1 xml-fop/src/documentation/content/xdocs/fo.xml
Index: fo.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-fop/src/documentation/content/xdocs/fo.xml,v
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@@ -82,6 +82,27 @@
</p>
</section>
</section>
+ <section id="xslt">
+ <title>XSLT Issues</title>
+ <section id="xslt-date">
+ <title>Current Date and Time</title>
+ <p>XSL-FO does not currently have a function for retrieving the current
date and time.
+However, in some cases, XSLT can be used to place the current date and time into
the XSL-FO document as it is generated.</p>
+ <p>One possibility is to use the <link
href="http://exslt.org/date/index.html";>exslt date and time extension</link>.</p>
+ <p>Another possibility is to use java or javascript (or perhaps some other
language).
+Here is an example, using java, that works with Xalan. First, create the
appropriate namespace:</p>
+ <source><![CDATA[<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
+ ...
+ xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java"; exclude-result-prefixes="java"
+ ...]]></source>
+ <p>Next, use the java language to retrieve and format the current date and
time.
+Here is an example template:</p>
+ <source><![CDATA[<xsl:template match="TodaysDate">
+ <xsl:value-of select="java:format(java:java.text.SimpleDateFormat.new
+('MMMM d, yyyy, h:mm:ss a (zz)'), java:java.util.Date.new())"/>
+ </xsl:template>]]></source>
+ </section>
+ </section>
<section id="xsl-fo">
<title>XSL-FO Issues</title>
<section id="fo-center-vertical">
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