John Kooistra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to set the font colour and background colour in HTML based
> on an XSL condition a la:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="font">
>   <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="SOME TEST">
>       <fontcolour>Red</fontcolour>
>       <bgcolour>Blue</bgcolour>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>       <fontcolour>Black</fontcolour>
>       <bgcolour>White</bgcolour>
>     </xsl:otherwise>
>   </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:variable>
> <td bgcolor="{$font/bgcolour}">
>   <font color="{$font/fontcolour}">
>     TEXT
>   </font>
> </td>
> 
> However, I get the error: "Reference to variable or parameter 'font'
> must evaluate to a node list."
> 
> I get it because $font is a Result Tree Fragment.
> 
> Is there a way to get the functionality I want without using a
> processor dependent function like msxsl:node-set(rtf)?

I'm pretty sure there isn't, as that behaviour is designed into the XSLT 
spec. Annoying in many respects, don't know if there are plans to change 
the behaviour in XSLT 2.0?

Regards

Will