Hi All

I'm just finishing up my first XSL that uses prince. Got auto-toc generaed which I'm real pleased about but have a few problems with headers.

Each chapter has a @ref attribute (the chapter name) and I need this to appear in the header on every page.

e.g. <Chapter ref="Agreement">

My xsl contains the following:

 
xsl:template match="Chapter">
        <div id="header" class="header">
            <h2 class="wide caps">
                <xsl:value-of select="@ref"/>
            </h2>
            <hr class="header"/>
        </div>
</xsl:template>

My CSS contains:

 @top {
              content: flow(header);
                   }

#header {flow: static(header);

I have two problems:

Duplicate ID's
I get an error saying that id "header" already exists (because there are 3 chapters, it's in the HTML 3 times). How can I eliminate this duplicate id error?
Alternatively, is there another way to get the chapter name in the header with a 2px grey rule beneath it

No TOC Header
I want my TOC page to have the same header style as the other pages and read "Table of Contents" where the chapter name normally appears. How can I achieve this?

Thanks in advance

mark

remove this. It isn't needed.
id="header"

In CSS use
.header {flow: static(header);

instead of

#header {flow: static(header);

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

Thanks Jim

Solved my id problem

just got to figure out how to get the same style header on my TOC page

Regards

mark

I'm currently making a PowerPoint presentation that explains how to debug CSS.

One of the first rules is: Only fix one problem at a time. Glad the first problem is fixed.

So now to get the TOC with a header. How about letting me see some code if the following doesn't help.

You might want to have a TOC page that you can format

CSS:
@page TOC {
@top-center {
content: "Table of Contents"
border-bottom: solid ;
}
}

HTML:
div.TOC {
page: TOC ;
}

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

Thanks for reply jim

I did something similar. my header is in a div and is taken our of normal flow, so i wanted do same for TOC (so style is exactly same). I made a TOC page and created a static div with page: toc in css

Only thing I don't like about it is I essentially have two copies of the header: one with a the section name from xsl:value-of and one with a literal string.

 <div class="header">
                        <h2 class="wide caps">Table of Contents</h2>
                        <hr class="header"/>
                    </div>

<div class="header">
            <h2 class="wide caps">
                <xsl:value-of select="@ref"/>
            </h2>
            <hr class="header"/>
        </div>

Not a lot of code I know, but I hate having duplicate code (one more thing to remember to change if either changes)

I tried uploading files before and it didn;t seem to accept any attachments. I could e-mail you my stuff if you want

Regards

mark

You can just use this one div.

<div class="header">
                        <h2 class="wide caps">Table of Contents</h2>
                        <hr class="header"/>
</div>

That has all you need for your header.

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

Hi Jim

A bit puzzled by this. I can see how it works for TOC, but how would it get the Chapter/@ref element for the main content?

Regards

Mark

I don't understand your problem.

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators