Alternating fo:table-row color CODE (Re: table row color changing)

[Clay Leeds]

Ramon,
Hope this helps. Near the top of my xsl-fo document I set some 
xsl:variable so I can change the color throughout my FO (I also set up 
my fonts, font-size, heading font-size, page "background-color", etc. ;-p):

<!-- === BEGIN: set up variables === -->
<xsl:variable name="varNormalBGColor">#ffffff</xsl:variable>
<!-- varNormalBGColor | background-color for EOR - default:#ffffff 
(white) -->
<xsl:variable name="varAccentBGColor">#ccffff</xsl:variable>
<!-- varAccentBGColor | background-color for highlights (e.g., 
alternating ICD9/Bill Detail lines.) - default:#ccffff (teal) -->
<!-- === END: set up variables === -->

Then, for the fo:table-row elements I want to color, I process an 
xsl:for-each statement with this as the fo:table-row element:
										<xsl:for-each select="{## INSERT YOUR INCREMENTER ##}">
  <fo:table-row>
    <xsl:attribute name="background-color">
      <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="(position() mod 2) = 0"><xsl:value-of 
select="$varAccentBGColor"/></xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of 
select="$varNormalBGColor"/></xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:attribute>
    <fo:table-cell>
      <fo:block keep-with-next.within-page="always">
        <xsl:value-of select="{## INSERT SELECT ITEM FOR CELL 1 ##}"/>
      </fo:block>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
      <fo:block padding-left="6pt" keep-with-next.within-page="always">
        <fo:inline font-size="4pt">&#160;</fo:inline>
        <xsl:value-of select="{## INSERT SELECT ITEM FOR CELL 2 ##}"/>
      </fo:block>
    </fo:table-cell>
  </fo:table-row>
</xsl:for-each>

Hope this helps!
Web Maestro Clay
Sells, Fred wrote:
according to the O'reilly book, the only way to increment a variable is to
call a template recursively.  I think I've seen an example of what you want
where they used a "count" and the mod function to alternate row color, but
don't recall the code.
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Hi all.
 
Can anyone tell me the way to change the colors of a table rows? I mean,
the first in a color the next with other color, the next one with the
first color and so on... I've tried to do it using an external variable
but when i change it inside the loop it seems not to recognize it.
 
Thanks a lot.
 
Ramon Maria.

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