>All,
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> I want to create a report using XSLT and XML though I don't know if this is possible or not. The report will be for a project management web app. I want to have a task header displayed and any subtasks or task details below it, and then proceed with the next task header and so on (see sample below). Is there a way to do this if I write the xml file correctly or would it be easier to use a reporting package like Crystal reports? The reason I am looking for a different way to do this is because I have had problems displaying the report.
Yeah, that should be easy enough to do with XML/XSL. Your XML might look like this (I'm sure there are a dozen other ways to do this):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<list>
<topic title="Create home web page">
<subtopics>
<description>Add colorful background.</description>
</subtopics>
<subtopics>
<description>Add login control.</description>
</subtopics>
</topic>
<topic title="Create Guest Book Page">
<subtopics>
<description>Add ability for user to do such and such</description>
</subtopics>
</topic>
</list>Then, your XSL would look like:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<TABLE WIDTH="100%">
<xsl:for-each select="list/topic">
<TR>
<TD style="color: #081D84; font-weight: bold; "><xsl:value-of select="@title"/></TD>
</TR>
<xsl:for-each select="subtopics">
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD><xsl:value-of select="description"/></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</TD>
</TR>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</TABLE>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>I didn't get fancy with the HTML, but hopefully that helps get you started.
