Re: [xsl] Need help with XSL-FO

["Betty L. Harvey" <harvey at eccnet dot com>]

Your <fo:root> element must be inside a <xsl:template>, i.e.,

<xsl:template select="MyRootElement">
  <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";>
     ...
  </fo:root>
</xsl:template>

Betty

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On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Sandra Mcdonnell wrote:

> First, thank you all for the help you've given me already this week.
> 
> I am using XML Spy and attempting a transformation to render my XML as a 
> PDF. XML Spy uses Xalan and FOP. I created the following  XSL based on a 
> terrific article by Doug Tidwell. I am an ABSOULTE BEGINNER and can't 
> figure out why I keep getting errors.
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; 
> xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";>
>    
>     <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
>     <xsl:output method="text"/>
> 
> <xsl:processing-instruction name="cocoon-format" type="text/xslfo"/>
>    
>     <xsl:template match="/">
>         <xsl:apply-templates/>
>     </xsl:template>
> 
> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";>
>         <fo:layout-master-set>
>             <fo:simple-page-master master-name="standard">
>                 <fo:region-body region-name="body" extent="1.1in" 
> page-width="8.5in" page-height="11in" margin-top="1in" 
> margin-bottom="1in" margin-left="1in" margin-right="1in"/>
>                 <fo:region-before extent=".75in"/>
>             </fo:simple-page-master>
>         </fo:layout-master-set>
>         <fo:page-sequence master-reference="standard">
>             <fo:flow flow-name="body">
>                 <xsl:apply-templates select="Head1"/>
>                 <xsl:apply-templates select="Head2"/>
>                 <xsl:apply-templates select="para"/>
>             </fo:flow>
>         </fo:page-sequence>
>     </fo:root>
> 
>     <!-- Template to apply to all Head1 nodes -->
>     <xsl:template match="Head1">
>         <fo:block font-family="Helvetica" font-size="16pt" 
> space-before.minimum="12pt" space-after="12pt">
>             <xsl:apply-templates/>
>         </fo:block>
>     </xsl:template>
>     <!-- Template to apply to all Head2 nodes -->
>     <xsl:template match="Head2">
>         <fo:block font-family="Helvetica" font-size="14pt" 
> space-before.minimum="12pt" space-after="12pt">
>             <xsl:apply-templates/>
>         </fo:block>
>     </xsl:template>
>     <!-- Template to apply to all para nodes -->
>     <xsl:template match="para">
>         <fo:block font-family="Helvetica" font-size="10pt" 
> space-after="6pt">
>             <xsl:apply-templates/>
>         </fo:block>
>     </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
> I appreciate any help you fine people can give me, and I apologize for 
> asking so many questions. I've ordered the XSL-FO book that O'Reilly is 
> producing, but its not even available until 8/15. I'm just a tech writer 
> with a few XML (and XSLT, and XPATH, and XML Schema) books, the 
> internet, and a project to complete.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Sandy
> 
> 
> 
> 
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