MS Word rtf template - question on formatting of numbers

Question

Hello,
First let me start by saything that this is the first time I've developed using this tool (previously used Report Builder 6i), and I have never used xml or xsl. If I've left out any information, please let me know what else you need. If you could be as specific as possible in your suggestions with syntax, etc. I would really appreciate it.
I have a requirement to format a number as follows:
if negative number display in brackets with comma separators
if zero display as '-'
if positive number display as is with comma separators
sample data would be:
(300)
1,300
I've used the 'Text Form Field Options' Dialogue box to enter the following format: #,##0;(#,##0) and this has given me the first and 3rd requirements. I've used <?xdofx:if SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT = 0 then '- ' else SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT end if?>to meet the 2nd requirement. However, now I have an alignment issue. When I preview in pdf from Word, the data displays as follows:
(300)
1,300
The positive number needs to shift one space to the left. I tried adding the following condition: else if SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT > 0 then SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT||' '
but it doesn't let me concatenate a string (I'm guessing because the field is formatted as a number?).
I was going to try leaving the field formatted as regular text, and doing something like this right in the code:
<?xdofx:if SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT = 0 then '- 'else if SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT >0 then
format-number:SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT;'9g999'||' ' else SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT end if?>
This doesn't work the way I have it (syntax is wrong), but will it work with the proper syntax or do I have to try another approach?
Any help would really be appreciated
Thank you!

Answer 1

Thanks fo responding.
The spacing in my sample data looks incorrect..sorry about that....what I'm trying to do is align the numbers on the right side, so I would only ever need to add one space to the right side of a positive number. I thought of using rpad to add a single space and using length of the field and a formula in order to generate the padded length, but it doesn't seem to work. The syntax I used was:
<?xdofx:if SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT = 0 then '-' else rpad(SUB_PROG_ENC_YEAR_AMOUNT,15,' ') end if?> which just returned the value of sub_prog_enc_year_amount.
For curiosities sake I tried using '*' and '0' as the padded_string. The '0' worked but not the asterisk or the space. It doesn't like string value in the padded_string, I'm guessing because the field is formatted as a number.
That's why I tried using the format number function right in the code (see my original post), but the syntax isn't correct. Would you be able to suggest the proper syntax or point me to to some sample code?
Thank you for your assistance.