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Hi Mukul,
No, it is not for HTML. Actually I going to generate Adobe InCopy files with
tables on the fly. The Adobe InCopy file format is xml and can be imported
into Adobe InDesign to get rich graphic layout.

Regards,
Kenny





> Hi Kenny,
>   By adding more parameters to xsl:call-template, it
> should be possible to generate additional attributes
> for td. For content, I think some other technique
> would be required(I cannot guess just now).
> 
> But I am curious, for what purpose are you thinking to
> use the generated HTML. <td name="1" a="10" b="10">
> does not look like a standard HTML syntax.
> 
> Regards,
> Mukul
> 
> --- "Kenny Bogoe (BogoeMD)" <kenny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Mukul, it looks great. I guess it is possible to
>> include one or more td
>> attributes based on variables if I follow your
>> example ? And content as well
>> ?
>> 
>> Result:
>> 
>> <tr no="1">
>> <td name="1" a="10" b="10">AAA</td>
>> <td name="1" a="15" b="20">BBB</td>
>> </tr>
>> <tr no="2">
>> <td name="2" a="25" b="10">CCC</td>
>> <td name="2" a="15" b="15">DDD</td>
>> </tr>
>> 
>> Thanks a lot for your help.
>> Kenny  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi Kenny,
>>>  This is a slightly modified version of your
>>> stylesheet. 
>>> 
>>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>>> <xsl:stylesheet
>>> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>>> version="1.0">
>>>  
>>> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>>> 
>>> <xsl:template match="/root">
>>>    <xsl:call-template name="tr">
>>>      <xsl:with-param name="x" select="rows" />
>>>      <xsl:with-param name="y" select="cols" />
>>>    </xsl:call-template>
>>> </xsl:template>
>>>  
>>> <xsl:template name="tr">
>>>     <xsl:param name="x"/>
>>>     <xsl:param name="y"/>
>>>     
>>>     <xsl:variable name="temp" select="/root/rows"
>> />
>>>     
>>>     <tr no="{$temp - $x}">
>>>      <xsl:call-template name="td">
>>>        <xsl:with-param name="x" select="$y"/>
>>>        <xsl:with-param name="y" select="$temp -
>> $x"/>
>>>      
>>>      </xsl:call-template>
>>>     </tr>
>>>    
>>>     <xsl:if test="$x > 1">
>>>      <xsl:call-template name="tr">
>>>       <xsl:with-param name="x" select="$x - 1"/>
>>>       <xsl:with-param name="y" select="$y"/>
>>>      </xsl:call-template>
>>>     </xsl:if>
>>> </xsl:template>
>>>  
>>> <xsl:template name="td">
>>>     <xsl:param name="x"/>
>>>     <xsl:param name="y"/>
>>>   
>>>     <td name="{$y}" />
>>>     
>>>     <xsl:if test="$x > 1">
>>>      <xsl:call-template name="td">
>>>       <xsl:with-param name="x" select="$x - 1"/>
>>>       <xsl:with-param name="y" select="$y"/>
>>>      </xsl:call-template>
>>>     </xsl:if>
>>>  </xsl:template>
>>>   
>>> </xsl:stylesheet>
>>> 
>>> for e.g. when it is applied to XML -
>>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>>> <root>
>>>   <rows>4</rows>
>>>   <cols>3</cols>
>>> </root>
>>> 
>>> it produces output-
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>> <tr no="0">
>>>   <td name="0"/>
>>>   <td name="0"/>
>>>   <td name="0"/>
>>> </tr>
>>> <tr no="1">
>>>   <td name="1"/>
>>>   <td name="1"/>
>>>   <td name="1"/>
>>> </tr>
>>> <tr no="2">
>>>   <td name="2"/>
>>>   <td name="2"/>
>>>   <td name="2"/>
>>> </tr>
>>> <tr no="3">
>>>   <td name="3"/>
>>>   <td name="3"/>
>>>   <td name="3"/>
>>> </tr>
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Mukul
>>> 
>>>>>> This is the result tree I need:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <tr no="0">
>>>>>>     <td name="0"/>
>>>>>>     <td name="0"/>
>>>>>>     <td name="0"/>
>>>>>> </tr>
>>>>>> <tr no="1">
>>>>>>     <td name="1"/>
>>>>>>     <td name="1"/>
>>>>>>     <td name="1"/>
>>>>>> </tr>
>>>>>> <tr no="2">
>>>>>>     <td name="2"/>
>>>>>>     <td name="2"/>
>>>>>>     <td name="2"/>
>>>>>> </tr>
>>>>>> <tr no="3">
>>>>>>     <td name="3"/>
>>>>>>     <td name="3"/>
>>>>>>     <td name="3"/>
>>>>>> </tr>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Kenny Bogoe
> 
> 
> 
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