Yes, definitely. I assumed because you hadn't done this already that the XML
data was out of your hands. But yes, if you can make the XML a little more
granular like you demonstrate then you don't need an extra template at all.
Just put a <fo:leader/> between the label and the amount, and set the block's
text-align-last to justify. So...
<fo:block white-space-collapse="false" linefeed-treatment="preserve"
text-align-last="justify" >
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="euro-tax-msg5"/>
<fo:leader/>
<xsl:value-of select="euro-tax-msg5-amt"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="euro-tax-msg6"/>
<fo:leader/>
<xsl:value-of select="euro-tax-msg6-amt"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</fo:block>
>>> "Steffanina, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/25/2008 3:00 PM >>>
David,
I can't make that guarantee of the space you mentioned. Can I make it more
simple if I split the string into Description and Amount as follows (again, my
goal is to align the descriptions and the decimal points):
<euro-tax-msg5>Quebec Native Seal Tax</euro-tax-msg5>
<euro-tax-msg5-amt>15.42</euro-tax-msg5-amt>
<euro-tax-msg6>BIG UPPER CASE TAX INO</euro-tax-msg6>
euro-tax-msg6-amt>439.59</euro-tax-msg6-amt>
--------------------------
Jeff
From: David Gerdt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: 0.95 - Printing a string and aligning the decimal points
Assuming you can guarantee that there will always be at least two spaces
between the text and the digits, could you do something like the following?
<fo:block white-space-collapse="false" linefeed-treatment="preserve"
text-align-last="justify" >
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="split">
<xsl:with-param name="string" select="euro-tax-msg5" />
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="split">
<xsl:with-param name="string" select="euro-tax-msg6" />
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</fo:block>
<xsl:template name="split">
<xsl:param name="string" />
<xsl:variable name="first" select="substring-before($string,' ')" />
<xsl:variable name="rest" select="substring-after($string,' ')" />
<xsl:value-of select="$first" /><fo:leader/><xsl:value-of select="$rest" />
</xsl:template>
>>> "Steffanina, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/25/2008 1:07 PM >>>
Friends,
Existing Code in my XML file (the decimal points are aligned when using Courier
font):
<euro-tax-msg5>Quebec Native Seal Tax
15.42</euro-tax-msg5>
<euro-tax-msg6>BIG UPPER CASE TAX INO 439.59</euro-tax-msg6>
--------------------------
My XSL that prints (using Arial font):
<fo:block white-space-collapse="false" linefeed-treatment="preserve"
text-align="start" >
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="./euro-tax-msg5"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="./euro-tax-msg6"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</fo:block>
-----------------------------
My Result:
Thelkj lk laksjf lkasjd flkajs flkj 15.42
Wakadf wlkej salksdjf HHHH 349.54
Without creating a table, is there a way to get the text to align left and the
digits to align right?
I thank you for any suggestions.
Jeff
