"tshad" <tshad@d...> wrote in message 
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> "tshad" <tshad@d...> wrote in message 
> news:%23575tZJ$IHA.5192@T......
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>> "tshad" <tfs@d...> wrote in message 
>> news:eFEpEnI$IHA.3696@T......
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>>> "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
>>> news:%23%23DITRE$IHA.3472@T......
>>>> When you say the name do you mean the formName element, name doesn't 
>>>> make sense as the element name is form which you already know?
>>>> <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[primary='true']/formName"/>
>>>
>>> Actually, the result I showed that I was looking for, was incorrect. 
>>> Sorry.
>>>
>>> What I wanted the last set to look like was:
>>>
>>>  <form xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>>>    <sectionNumber>0</sectionNumber>
>>>    <primary>false</primary>
>>>    <formName>1004_05</formName>                      <-------- Want it 
>>> to look like this.
>>>    <tagName>GR_AGE.1</tagName>
>>>    <flags>1</flags>
>>>    <format>4096</format>
>>>    <value>4 Yrs.</value>
>>>  </form>
>>>
>>> and I realize oneof my mistakes was that I don't want "name", but 
>>> "@name".
>>>
>>> Would I change you line to:
>>>
>>> <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[primary='true']/@name"/>
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> I also tried:
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> <xsl:value-of select="preceding::form[primary='true']/@name"/>
>
> and
>
> <xsl:value-of select="preceding-sibling::form[primary='true']/@name"/>
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> and the VS 2005 QuickWatch shows the result as {Dimension:[0]}.  Not sure 
> what that means but I assume it means it found nothing.

ancestor::form/@name gives me 1007, as it should.  But I need to look at all 
the forms on the same level and get the one that has @primary = 'true' and 
use the @name of that form.

Is this the wrong way to get that?

Seems pretty straight forward.

I assume the pattern in:

<xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[@primary='true']/@name"/>

says to look for all the ancestor "form" tags and look at the one that one. 
I did notice that I had primary set in my program without the "@".  But even 
after changing it to the above is not working.

Thanks,

Tom
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> Tom
>
>>>
>>>>
>>
>> That doesn't seem to work either.
>>
>> I changed the "choose" section of the <formName> part to:
>>
>>   <formName>
>>    <xsl:choose>
>>     <xsl:when test="ancestor::form/@name = '1007'">
>>      <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[primary='true']/@name"/>
>>     </xsl:when>
>>     <xsl:otherwise>
>>      <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form/@name"/>
>>     </xsl:otherwise>
>>    </xsl:choose>
>>   </formName>
>>
>> but I am still getting
>>
>>    <formName></formName>
>>
>> Tom
>>>> "I was just guessing on this  statement and not sure how to get it to 
>>>> work"
>>>> You're not going to get far in XSLT like this, get a good reference 
>>>> such as Michael Kay's latest tome from Wrox, XSLT 4th Edition.
>>>
>>> I will.
>>>
>>> I only have the O'Reilly book (Learning XSLT).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>>>> http://joe.fawcett.name
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "tshad" <tshad@d...> wrote in message 
>>>> news:eByPhqB$IHA.1036@T......
>>>>> I can't seem to get this pattern to work:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have stripped down my files for testing:
>>>>>
>>>>> In a nutshell, what I am trying to do is this:
>>>>>
>>>>>     <xsl:when test="ancestor::form/@name = '1007'">
>>>>>      <xsl:value-of select="name[ancestor::form/primary='true']"/>
>>>>>     </xsl:when>
>>>>>
>>>>> If the form/@name = '1007', I want to go look at the other form tags 
>>>>> to find the one that has an attribute primary='true' and use that name 
>>>>> for my form name.  But I am getting a blank entry.  I was just 
>>>>> guessing on this statement and not sure how to get it to work:
>>>>>
>>>>> My xslt file:
>>>>> *****************************************************
>>>>> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>>>>> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>>>>>                 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>>>>> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>>>>> <xsl:template match="/*">
>>>>>  <xsl:copy>
>>>>>   <xsl:apply-templates select="appraisal/data/form/tag | 
>>>>> appraisal/data/form/section/tag">
>>>>>    <xsl:sort select="ancestor::form/@primary" order="descending"/>
>>>>>    <xsl:sort select="ancestor::section/@number" order="ascending" 
>>>>> data-type="number"/>
>>>>>   </xsl:apply-templates>
>>>>>  </xsl:copy>
>>>>> </xsl:template>
>>>>> <xsl:template match="tag">
>>>>>  <form>
>>>>>   <sectionNumber>
>>>>>    <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::section/@number"/>
>>>>>   </sectionNumber>
>>>>>   <primary>
>>>>>    <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form/@primary"/>
>>>>>   </primary>
>>>>>   <formName>
>>>>>    <xsl:choose>
>>>>>     <xsl:when test="ancestor::form/@name = '1007'">
>>>>>      <xsl:value-of select="name[ancestor::form/primary='true']"/> 
>>>>> <---------
>>>>>     </xsl:when>
>>>>>     <xsl:otherwise>
>>>>>      <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form/@name"/>
>>>>>     </xsl:otherwise>
>>>>>    </xsl:choose>
>>>>>   </formName>
>>>>>   <tagName>
>>>>>    <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
>>>>>   </tagName>
>>>>>   <flags>
>>>>>    <xsl:if test="not(@flags)">
>>>>>     <xsl:attribute name="xsi:nil">true</xsl:attribute>
>>>>>    </xsl:if>
>>>>>    <xsl:value-of select="@flags"/>
>>>>>   </flags>
>>>>>   <format>
>>>>>    <xsl:if test="not(@format)">
>>>>>     <xsl:attribute name="xsi:nil">true</xsl:attribute>
>>>>>    </xsl:if>
>>>>>    <xsl:value-of select="@format"/>
>>>>>   </format>
>>>>>   <value>
>>>>>    <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
>>>>>   </value>
>>>>>  </form>
>>>>>  <xsl:apply-templates select="addendum[heading | body]"/>
>>>>> </xsl:template>
>>>>> </xsl:stylesheet>
>>>>> ******************************************************
>>>>>
>>>>> My xml file:
>>>>> ******************************************************
>>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>>>>> <Report>
>>>>>  <appraisal>
>>>>>    <data>
>>>>>      <form name="1007" primary="false">
>>>>>        <section type="subject" number="0">
>>>>>          <tag name="GR_AGE.1" flags="1" format="4096">4 Yrs.</tag>
>>>>>        </section>
>>>>>      </form>
>>>>>      <form name="reffee" primary="false">
>>>>>          <tag name="FFHD_NFIP_COMMUNITY_NUMBER.1" flags="0" 
>>>>> format="0">040040</tag>
>>>>>      </form>
>>>>>      <form name="1004_05" primary="true">
>>>>>        <section type="subject" number="0">
>>>>>          <tag name="PROP_PHYS_DEFICIENCIES_DESC.1" flags="4" 
>>>>> format="4096">None apparent </tag>
>>>>>        </section>
>>>>>      </form>
>>>>>    </data>
>>>>>  </appraisal>
>>>>> </Report>
>>>>> ********************************************************
>>>>>
>>>>> My result:
>>>>> ******************************************************
>>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>>>>> <Report>
>>>>>  <form xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>>>>>    <sectionNumber>0</sectionNumber>
>>>>>    <primary>true</primary>
>>>>>    <formName>1004_05</formName>
>>>>>    <tagName>PROP_PHYS_DEFICIENCIES_DESC.1</tagName>
>>>>>    <flags>4</flags>
>>>>>    <format>4096</format>
>>>>>    <value>None apparent </value>
>>>>>  </form>
>>>>>  <form xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>>>>>    <sectionNumber></sectionNumber>
>>>>>    <primary>false</primary>
>>>>>    <formName>reffee</formName>
>>>>>    <tagName>FFHD_NFIP_COMMUNITY_NUMBER.1</tagName>
>>>>>    <flags>0</flags>
>>>>>    <format>0</format>
>>>>>    <value>040040</value>
>>>>>  </form>
>>>>>  <form xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>>>>>    <sectionNumber>0</sectionNumber>
>>>>>    <primary>false</primary>
>>>>>    <formName></formName>                      <-------- Want this to 
>>>>> be 1004_05
>>>>>    <tagName>GR_AGE.1</tagName>
>>>>>    <flags>1</flags>
>>>>>    <format>4096</format>
>>>>>    <value>4 Yrs.</value>
>>>>>  </form>
>>>>> </Report>
>>>>> *******************************************************
>>>>>
>>>>> Everything else works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> What should that line be?  Do I need to do another match and template?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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