At 11:26 AM 4/15/2002, you wrote:
<xsl:template name= "attributes">

    <xsl:choose>

     <xsl:when test="@font-size">

      <xsl:attribute name="font-size"><xsl:value-of 
select="@font-size"/></xsl:attribute>

     </xsl:when>

     <xsl:when test="@text-align">

      This text prints out if @text-align but the xsl:command is not executed

      <xsl:attribute name="text-align"><xsl:value-of 
select="@text-align"/></xsl:attribute>

     </xsl:when>

    </xsl:choose>

  </xsl:template>



called like this:
 <xsl:variable name='y'>
   <xsl:call-template name='attributes'/>
 </xsl:variable>

However, as you may see by my notes above, text prints out fine
subject to the condition, however I cannot change or add
attributes as required.

  According to one site, <http://www.topxml.com/xsl/elmxsl_attribute.asp>, 
the xsl:attribute element may be contained within a xsl:when element, so 
your stylesheet is technically valid.  But, I believe you're using a 
loophole in that it really must be used within a xsl:element 
element.  Here's a quote from the site:



Element:xsl:attribute

Generates an attribute in the destination document. It should be used in 
the context of an element (either a literal, xsl:element or some other 
element that generates an element in the output). It must occur before any 
text or element content is generated.



  As a minimum-effort suggestion, I recommend modifying your variable to 
be like this:

<xsl:variable name='y'>

  <xsl:element name="'something'">

    <xsl:call-template name='attributes'/>

  </xsl:element>

</xsl:variable>



although I suspect a more hefty re-work may be necessary.  Your variable 
will probably not be a true node, so will have to be converted to a 
node-set using an extension function.  After this conversion, you'll likely 
want the first child of the new set.

<xsl:variable "y2" select="msxsl:node-set($y)"/>

<xsl:variable "y3" select="$y2/*[1]"/>




Greg Faron
Integre Technical Publishing Co.





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