XSLT output to HTML - xml element text should look exactly as laid out in xml element

DjGogga · July 21st, 2011, 04:45 PM

Hi There,

I have an XML file I am transforming with XSLT, output to HTML. However, I have an element that I am receiving with Text, including line feed and carriage returns (formatted). What I need to do is output that to HTML so that it looks exactly like it does when in the XML element.
I've looked in books, etc. But cannot find an answer. Just need to somehow preserve the XML element and display it as such... Html just streams all of the text.

Code:

<MESSAGE>
      <TranslationReport>
Translation Report
==================
Contains errors ? true
Contains warnings ? false
There are 9 entries in the report

Current output--

HTML Code:

Translation Report ================== Contains errors ? true Contains warnings ? false There are 9 entries in the report

Thanks,
Dj

mhkay · July 21st, 2011, 04:54 PM

Try wrapping an HTML

Code:

<pre>

element around it.

DjGogga · July 21st, 2011, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mhkay

Try wrapping an HTML

Code:

<pre>

element around it.

Thanks Michael. I had tried that and it didn't work.
Not sure if it is a table in the html. I had it in a template too. Not sure of the rules...

DjGogga · July 21st, 2011, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DjGogga

Thanks Michael. I had tried that and it didn't work.
Not sure if it is a table in the html. I had it in a template too. Not sure of the rules...

Looks like I typed too fast. I meant. Not sure if it is because it is within a table.
I've tried it so many ways hard to keep track of what I haven't tried. But thanks for confirming that <pre should be something that works.

Also, my xslt is v 1.0 and using Saxon 6.5.5

Cheers,
Dj

DjGogga · July 21st, 2011, 05:39 PM

Hi Michael,

Thanks so much. I was able to create a test xslt and using <pre actually worked for my XML. So, it definitely is just because of where it is in the html or something like that.
Since I am "updating" an xslt with nicely formatted html, I'll just have to play with it and maybe change the look a bit.

Cheers,
Dj