Newbie: Help with xml and xsl stylesheet

[Guest]

Hi,

I am trying to build reusable templates for user input forms, and then
just use XSL to generate the forms...but I cannot get my xsl to match
any templates, and the output is fine.

here is my xml in full:<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl"
href="http://lxsjfk1is1/ssrinterface/devutils/myform.xsl"?>

<fields>
<field>
<name>lAccount_Num</name>
<caption>Account Number:</caption>
<type>label</type>
<size></size>
<style>LEFT: 17px; WIDTH: 112px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 13px;
HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR>tAccount_Num</FOR>
<maxLength></maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
<field>
<name>tAccount_Num</name>
<caption></caption>
<type>Text</type>
<size></size>
<style>FONT-SIZE: xx-small; LEFT: 127px; WIDTH: 165px; POSITION:
absolute; TOP: 13px; HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR></FOR>
<maxLength>15</maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
<field>
<name>tCRY</name>
<caption></caption>
<type>Text</type>
<size></size>
<style>FONT-SIZE: xx-small; LEFT: 400px; WIDTH: 50px; POSITION:
absolute; TOP: 13px; HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR></FOR>
<maxLength>3</maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
<field>
<name>lCRY</name>
<caption>Currency:</caption>
<type>label</type>
<size></size>
<style>LEFT: 330px; WIDTH: 120px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 13px;
HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR>tCRY</FOR>
<maxLength>3</maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
<field>
<name>lAccount_Name</name>
<caption>Account Name:</caption>
<type>label</type>
<size></size>
<style>LEFT: 17px; WIDTH: 108px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 40px;
HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR>tAccount_Num</FOR>
<maxLength></maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
<field>
<name>tAccount_Name</name>
<caption></caption>
<type>Text</type>
<size></size>
<style>FONT-SIZE: xx-small; LEFT: 127px; WIDTH: 325px; POSITION:
absolute; TOP: 40px; HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR></FOR>
<maxLength>75</maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
<field>
<name>lbranch_code</name>
<caption>Branch Code:</caption>
<type>label</type>
<size></size>
<style>LEFT: 17px; WIDTH: 112px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 80px;
HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR>tbranch_code</FOR>
<maxLength></maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
<field>
<name>tbranch_code</name>
<caption>Branch Code</caption>
<type>Text</type>
<size></size>
<style>FONT-SIZE: xx-small; LEFT: 127px; WIDTH: 135px; POSITION:
absolute; TOP: 80px; HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR></FOR>
<maxLength>8</maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
<field>
<name>lEnabled</name>
<caption>Enabled:</caption>
<type>label</type>
<size></size>
<style>LEFT: 330px; WIDTH: 120px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 80px;
HEIGHT: 18px</style>
<FOR>chEnable</FOR>
<maxLength></maxLength>
<value/>
</field>

<field>
<name>chEnable</name>
<caption></caption>
<type>Checkbox</type>
<size></size>
<style>LEFT: 402px; WIDTH: 16px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 80px;
HEIGHT: 22px</style>
<FOR></FOR>
<maxLength></maxLength>
<value/>
</field>
</fields>
</xml>

<<< END OF XML <<<

and here is my XSL file in full:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">

<xsl:template match="field">

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when match=".[type='Text']">
<input type="text">
<xsl:attribute name="name">
<xsl:value-of select="name"/>
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:if test=".[width!='']">
<xsl:attribute name="maxlength">
<xsl:value-of select="width"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>

</input>
</xsl:when>

<xsl:when match=".[type='label']">

<label>
<xsl:attribute name="name">
<xsl:value-of select="name"/>
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:attribute for="FOR">
<xsl:value-of select="for"/>
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:attribute for="style">
<xsl:value-of select="style"/>
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:if test=".[maxlength!='']">
<xsl:attribute name="maxlength">
<xsl:value-of select="maxlength"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>

<xsl:if test=".[size!='']">
<xsl:attribute name="size">
<xsl:value-of select="size"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>

<!-- CAPTION for Label -->
<xsl:value-of select="caption"/>
</label>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:when match=".[type='Checkbox']">
<input type="checkbox">
<xsl:attribute name="name">
<xsl:value-of select="name"/>
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:attribute for="style">
<xsl:value-of select="style"/>
</xsl:attribute>

</input>
</xsl:when>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

<<<< END OF XSL <<<<

both validate fine using MS XML4 Processor...using IE 6 on Windows 2000.

please point me in the right direction, thanks

Philip

 

[Patrick TJ McPhee]

% I am trying to build reusable templates for user input forms, and then
% just use XSL to generate the forms...but I cannot get my xsl to match
% any templates, and the output is fine.

If the output is fine, what is the trouble?

% <xsl:when match=".[type='Text']">

This should be

<xsl:when test=".[type='Text']">

or you could have

<xsl:when test="type='Text'">

I would be inclined to create several small templates rather than one
template with a choose in it

<xsl:template match="field[type='Text']">
<input type="text" name="{name}">

<xsl:if test="width!=''">
<xsl:attribute name="maxlength">
<xsl:value-of select="width"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>

</input>
</xsl:template>