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Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:59
AM
Subject: Re: release timetable...
Hi all,
I must be misunderstanding something here and would
appreciate anyone's help. The bug I originally spoke of is a red herring
I think. This isn't really xalan-specific, but I have searched
extensively and have found no way to do what I want.
The format-number() function in xslt is meant to take a
number and convert it to the format provided in the format string, possibly
using the decimal-format object to determine what characters have meaning in
the format string. The format string is locale-specific, ok. But
how do I format a string using some generic method and have the output
formatted with the locale in mind? For example, I want to take
<data>
<value>12345.12345</value>
<precision>2</precision>
</data>
in the xml document and transform it into:
12,345.12 in American English,
12 345,12 in Czech,
and 12.345,12 in most other European locales.
I use <xsl:choose> based on the precision, but I cannot find a way of
using format-number(vlaue, "#,##0.00") to get what I want. I can use xml
tags to define the number-separator and decimal and use whatever is passed in
as those values, but if there is an American English machine with the
number-separator tag defined as "." (which would be most European locales), I
get an exception about a Malformed format string because that is the special
character used as the decimal. So, I can create a decimal-format object
and use the tags to define the number-separator, etc., but it seems that this
should be _much_ easier than what I am experiencing. I simply want the
number displayed in the default locale.
The only thing I can think of is to insert the
number-separator and decimal into the string from the decimal-format object,
but how do I get a handle on this in xslt? The syntax would be something
like:
format-number(value, "#" + (get value of decimal-format::number-separator
here) + "##0" + (get value of decimal-format::decimal here) + "00")
Sorry so ignorant, but this seems like a pretty basic thing, and I can't
find how to achieve the goal. Am I missing something very simple?
I must be..... Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Tom Mitchell
"Tom Mitchell Jr." wrote:
Hi Henry,
Thanks for the info. I'm pretty new to bugzilla,
but I found the bug at:
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3036
and the "version" field says "current CVS" so I thought it was not in a
release yet. I am using 2.4.1 presently, however, so I will try 2.5.1
before poking any further. Thanks for your time.
Tom
Henry Zongaro wrote:
Hi Tom,
Is that bug number correct? If so, the
fix for it should have been
in Xalan-Java releases for some
time. (Thanks to Sarah McNamara for
pointing that out.) We
haven't been very good about closing off a bug
report once a release
containing the fix for it is available; that could
be a source of
confusion.
If you are still experiencing that problem or
a problem like it,
please reopen the bug report or open a new one, as
appropriate.
Regarding the next release, does anybody have
any objection to
mid-October? That would give us time to include
some more bug fixes in a
new release, as well make any documentation
changes required to
accommodate Apache mirrors [1].
Thanks,
Henry
[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-apache-general&m=106172323716191&w=2
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"Tom Mitchell Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2003-08-20 05:07
PM
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Subject: release timetable...
Hello,
I am looking at a bug fix (#3036) that is in CVS but
not in any
release. I cannot seem to find information on when
the next release
might come out with this fix. Can someone point
me in the right
direction?
Thanks.
Tom Mitchell
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Tom Mitchell,Jr.
Fathom
Development Team
Progress Software
One Indian Head Plaza
Nashua,
NH 03060
603.594.6905
www.progress.com
=============================
I close my eyes
And feel the water
rise around me
Drown the beat of time
Let my senses fall away
I
can see much clearer now,
I'm blind.
Find all you need in your mind
If you take the time.
-Dream Theater
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