Dear Clay, Thanks for your help. The XSLT references you gave are really nice and I am sure that I can make things work now. Really appreciate your help. Regrds, Abhi
--- Clay Leeds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Abhijit Junnare wrote: > > Dear Clay, > > Thanks much. May be you could help me since you > have > > done some calculations. Let me know if you think > its > > feasible or not. > > I have some xml element called "Name". I want to > check > > the length of the "Name" element. If the string > length > > for this is for example 10. I want to write it in > a > > fixed width for example 20. So since I want the > field > > to be fixed I want to add 10 fill charaters. The > > number of fill characters I want to add will vary > as > > per the string length. Also the alignment can be > > different. If the alignment is center then I want > to > > add fill characters before(here 5) and after (here > 5) > > the actual Name. If alignment is left then I want > to > > add fill characters (here 10)after the name and > > similarly for right aligned I want to add before > the > > Name. > > Do you think something like this is feasible using > XSL > > for variable lengths of the strings that come from > > xml? > > Your help is really appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Abhi > > Please forgive that I'm responding to the list, but > I want to ensure > this discussion is "public" in the event others may > find this thread useful. > > This is the link to the searchable (and excellent) > xsl-list archive: > > http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/ > > This thread on the xsl-list has some good info: > > http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200011/msg00817.html > > In addition, this DocBook library may have some > useful templates: > > http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/lib/lib.html > > HTH! > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
