David,
Your solution worked PERFECTLY!
Thank you very much
Jeff
________________________________
From: David Gerdt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: 0.95 - Printing a string and aligning the decimal
points
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>
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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>
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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>
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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
