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dutchlab
dutchlab

Reputation: 590

Setting image src in xsl-fo

I have xml files that will supply the name of a file for an image.

 <task>
      <header>Diagram</header>
      <image>image.png</image> 
 </task>

In the xls-fo I am trying to use:

 <xsl:template match="image">
    <fo:block>
        <fo:external-graphic>
            <xsl:attribute name="src">./<xsl:value-of select="image"/></xsl:attribute>
        </fo:external-graphic>
    </fo:block>
 </xsl:template>

This does not create an error but the image does not appear in the pdf. In order to get the image to appear I have to hard code the name of the file like this:

 <xsl:attribute name="src">./image.png<xsl:value-of select="image"/></xsl:attribute>

How do I get the name of the file from the xml to work with the path provided in the xsl.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3166

Answers (1)

helderdarocha
helderdarocha

Reputation: 23627

You template is already matching image. Inside it you are in the context of that element, which has no image child, but just the text node you want to select. When you use <xsl:value-of select="image"/> inside it, you are actually trying something like task/image/image.

Replace image in your value-of with . (the string value of the node) or text() (its text contents). Any option will have the same result.

<xsl:template match="image">
    <fo:block>
        <fo:external-graphic>
            <xsl:attribute name="src">./<xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute>
        </fo:external-graphic>
    </fo:block>
 </xsl:template>

Upvotes: 1

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