Mario, Thanks for the info. I didn't realize this was strictly the domain of XSL. I'm copying this to the XSL list and will pursue, if needed, over there. I'm using Xalan-J 2_7_1, the documentation for which indicates it's compliant only with XSLT 1.0 and XPath 1.0. Will still pick up the books, though... Can't have enough of those....
Sorry for the cross-posting. Tim Hibbs FedEx Services 350 Spectrum Loop Colorado Springs, CO 80921 719-484-2131 -----Original Message----- From: Mario Madunic [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: FO file size This should really be on the XSLT list but here goes. Tim, I like to create an include.xsl that contains all my files broken down into named templates, global variables, attribute sets, and so forth. An include statement would look like the following: <xsl:include href="calledTemplatesFO/ct_AddEmptyTableRows.xsl" /> So to call the above: <xsl:call-template name="ct_AddEmptyTableRows" /> What is nice about a named template is that it is context aware. In other words I can write XPaths in a named template, call it anywhere, and get a relevant result (if a result is to be had). As in preceding::*[self::para][1]/@id and get the value id of the first para tag it comes upon. You should do little of this at first till you are quite comfortable creating and calling them. The nice thing about what you want to do is that the templates are now reusable. I'd pick up M. Kay's book XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 4th edition. This one book will become your all purpose book. Good Luck. Marijan (Mario) Madunic Publishing Specialist New Flyer Industries From: Tim Hibbs [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: FO file size New to both the list here and XSL-FO – nice to have this resource available. I’ve been creating a file of XSL and FO statements that’s working, but it’s getting rather large and unwieldy. I’d like to divide up the file into logical parts that can be called in as needed. Is there a set of guidelines somewhere to show how this might be done? My primary references here are the O-Reilly / Dave Pawson book XSL-FO and Ken Holman’s Definitive XSLT and XPATH books – haven’t found directly relevant information in either (or maybe I’ve found it but don’t recognize it as such). Thanks, Tim Hibbs FedEx Services 350 Spectrum Loop Colorado Springs, CO 80921 719-484-2131 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: This communication (and any and all information or material transmitted with this communication) is confidential, may be privileged and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, retransmission, circulation, distribution, reproduction, conversion to hard copy, copying or other use of this communication, information or material is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. If you received this communication in error or if it is forwarded to you without the express authorization of New Flyer, please notify us immediately by telephone or by return email and permanently delete the communication, information and material from any computer, disk drive, diskette or other storage device or media. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
