enforce line break in xsl

anyideas · Jul 1, 2002

hi

I have an xml element whos value is loaded from a database and may contain a vbcrlf.

When xsl renders it, the vbcrlf is ignored and everything is written on one line in the browser.

Does anyone hane any ideas on how to enforce a line break when the break is in the xml element?

Thanks
Mark

chiph · Jul 1, 2002

CDATA section?

Chip H.

anyideas · Jul 2, 2002

Hello Chip

I've tried that and it's no good. Thanks for trying!

if I post the post could someone have a look? theres 3 files:

start.asp
xml.asp
xsl.xsl

Just put the three in the same directory and run start.asp

cheers, heres the code...

start.asp
-----------

<html>
<head></head>
<body onload="doGetEventDetais()">

<script LANGUAGE="javascript">

function doGetEventDetais(){

//Create a xml document object, and load server's response
var source = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM&quot

;
var xsl = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM&quot

;
source.async = false;
xsl.async = false;

if( !source.load("xml.asp&quot

)
{
alert( source.parseError.reason );
alert( source.parseError.linepos );
alert( source.parseError.srcText );
alert( source.text );
return;
}

if( !xsl.load("xsl.xsl&quot

)
alert( xsl.parseError.reason );

window.spanii.innerHTML = source.transformNode(xsl);

}

</script>

<span name="spanii" id="spanii"></span>

</body>
</html>

-----------------------------------------------------------

xml.asp
---------

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
dim strXML
strXML = strXML & "<Event>"
strXML = strXML & "<Notes><![CDATA[abcde "& vbcrlf &"jdsfskjf]]></Notes>"
strXML = strXML & "</Event>"

Response.Write(strXML)
%>

-----------------------------------------------------------

xsl.xsl
---------

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="

http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl"

language="VBScript">

<xsl:template match="/"><xsl:apply-templates select="*"/></xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Event">
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#F5F7FB"><b>Notes</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#F5F7FB"><xsl:value-of select="Notes"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

-----------------------------------------------------------

Cheers again

Mark

MrTom · Jul 2, 2002

<xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="Notes"/></xsl:text>

this should work. if it doesn't then use the proper xsl namespace of

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform

instead of

http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl

which is about 4 years out of date.

you might also want to look at <xsl

reserve-space elements="Notes"/> which would go in the top level of your xsl doc.

anyideas · Jul 2, 2002

Hello Chip

I tried the following:
<xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="Notes"/></xsl:text>

but an error happened:
Keyword xsl:text may not contain xsl:value-of.

That was using the following code:

xsl.xsl
--------

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Event">

<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#F5F7FB">
<b>Notes</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#F5F7FB">
<xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="Notes"/></xsl:text>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

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

Thanks for help, out of interest do you think the error might have some to do with the following line in start.asp:

window.spanii.innerHTML = source.transformNode(xsl);

cheers for your help.

Mark

TonyMarston · Jul 10, 2002

If an item contains CrLf or groups of spaces that you want to preserve then enclose it in the HTML <pre>...</pre> tags.

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