I want to genarate fixed legth file using XSLT mapping

Question

Hi Experts,
I am doing File to Mail scenario, text file as an attachmetachment in reciver side, i have successfully send the text file as an attachment in the mail. but i need fixed length fields in the file.
I know we can do it in XSLT mapping using <xsl:if> or <xsl:choose> but i dont know how to use it.
Can anybody please tell how can i use those statements in XSLT.
Kind Regards,
Praveen.

Answer 1

Hi Stefan,
This is my XSLT mapping, I am not expert in XSLT please can you help me, i want to do fixed length for "cust_name" field below.
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:ns0="http://www.Coj.co.za/SapIsuToABSA/DirectDebitFile">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:variable name="break">&lt;br/&gt;</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="space"> </xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="newline"><xsl:text></xsl:text></xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<ns1:Mail xmlns:ns1="http://sap.com/xi/XI/Mail/30">
<Subject>Please Check Attached Direct Debit File</Subject>
<From>joburg</From>
<To>PraveenG</To>
<Content_Type>text/plain</Content_Type>
<Content>
<xsl:for-each select="MT_SapIsuToABSA_DirectDebitFile/DirectDebitRec/Body">
<xsl:value-of select="Space1"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Cust_AccNo"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Reserve_1"/>
<xsl:value-of select = "Cust_name" />
<xsl:value-of select="Cust_Name1"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Cust_Bank_AccNo"/>
<xsl:text>          </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="Space2"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Cust_Bank_BranchNo"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Reserve_2"/>
<xsl:text>   </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="Space3"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Cust_AccNo_1"/>
<xsl:text>       </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="Space4"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Reserve_3"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Deduction_Amnt"/>
<xsl:text>           </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="Space5"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Reserve_4"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Space6"/>
<xsl:text>                      </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="Action_Date"/>
<xsl:value-of select="Space7"/>
<xsl:text>        </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="Reserve_5"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:for-each>
</Content>
  </ns1:Mail>
  </xsl:template>
  </xsl:stylesheet>