How to make 3 column output using XSLT?

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Question

I have XML file that looks like this:

<platz>
  <platzdesc>
    <code>1</code>
    <name>Alle</name>
  </platzdesc>
  <platzdesc>
    <code>2</code>
    <name>Gold</name>
  </platzdesc>
</platz>

I need to write XSLT file to transform this XML into 3 column output. As I am not very good at XSLT can you please help me, I have tried various things but non of them work. Output is not HTML page but PDF.

Here is what I tried so far:

<fo:block padding-before = "8pt" padding-start ="50pt">
  <xsl:for-each select="root/platz/platzdesc">
    <fo:block>
      <xsl:value-of select="concat(code,' - ', name)" />
    </fo:block>
  </xsl:for-each>
</fo:block>

I am working on a better solution but your help is welcome.

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OTHER TIPS

As suggested already by @Navin Ravat, you could use a table.

This is the general structure of a table in XSL-FO:

<fo:table xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
 <fo:table-column width="50mm"/>
 <fo:table-column width="50mm"/>
 <fo:table-column width="50mm"/>
 <fo:table-body>
  <fo:table-row>
     <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block/>
     </fo:table-cell>
     <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block/>
     </fo:table-cell>
     <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block/>
     </fo:table-cell>
  </fo:table-row>
 </fo:table-body>
</fo:table>

Above is a simple example table with just one row, you can add more of course. Now you have to incorporate this structure into your XSLT stylesheet. For instance, like this:

<xsl:element name="fo:table">
  <xsl:element name="fo:table-column">
    <xsl:attribute name="width">50mm</xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:element>
  <xsl:element name="fo:table-column">
    <xsl:attribute name="width">50mm</xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:element>
  <xsl:element name="fo:table-column">
    <xsl:attribute name="width">50mm</xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:element>
  <xsl:element name="fo:table-body">
    <xsl:element name="fo:table-row">
      <xsl:element name="fo:table-cell">
        <xsl:element name="fo:block">
          <xsl:value-of select="platz/platzdesc[code=2]"/>
        </xsl:element>
      </xsl:element>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:element>
</xsl:element>
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