This can be easily done with XSLT. You could probably also do it by messing with a DOM object, but XSLT would be cleaner.

I am doing this with XSLT but the code I was using generates an error. Here is one of several trys. I know why this fails, the style attribute should be first but it does reflect some early thinking.

<xsl:if test="@Background">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@style">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(@style,'background-color=',@Background,';')"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="style">
<xsl:value-of select="concat('background-color=',@Background,';')"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="@Border">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@style">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(@style,'border-color=',@Border,';')"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="style">
<xsl:value-of select="concat('border-color=',@Border,';')"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="@Font">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@style">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(@style,'color=',@Font,';')"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="style">
<xsl:value-of select="concat('color=',@Font,';')"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:if>

A little more current thinking say that I should check the style first and nest the if inside but it occured to me that if I did that the attribute is not yet set so the appending to it would be a problem throug the remaining if statements.

I'll look this over in a bit.

By the way, you need to disable smilies in your post.

I have been doing some experiments with this using variables. This will work fine if the variable is set but breaks if the attribute that contains what to add is a null value.

Sorry I haven't gotten back to you on this. It's been a busy week, and I haven't checked in here too often.

Still not ready to look at it, but I didn't want you to feel neglected (this is a quiet forum).

Thanks I am trying some things myself. I am doing some reading and doing some experiments. No luck thus far.

I have been working on this and I think I am very close. This is what I have come up with so far

/*****************************************************/
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>

<xsl:output method="xml" doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
doctype-system="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"
indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="HighlightBox">
<xsl:variable name="styleString">
<xsl:element name="TempStyle">
<xsl:for-each select="@*">
<xsl:element name="StyleTMargin">
<xsl:if test="local-name()='topmargin'">
<xsl:value-of
select="concat('margin-top:',.,';')"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:element>
<xsl:element name="StyleBMargin">
<xsl:if test="local-name()='bottom-margin'">
<xsl:value-of
select="concat('margin-bottom:',.,';')"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:variable>
<div>
<xsl:attribute name="style">
<xsl:value-of
select="concat(msxsl:nod-set($styleString)/TempStyle/StyleTMargin,msxsl:node-set($styleString)/TempStyle/StyleBMargin)"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</div>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
/*******************************************************/
The problem is that I cant use the node-set function. I get the folowing error

/*******************************************************/
System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransformException was unhandled by user code
Message="Cannot find the script or external object that implements prefix 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt'."
Source="System.Data.SqlXml"
LineNumber=0
LinePosition=0
StackTrace:
at System.Xml.Xsl.Runtime.XmlQueryContext.InvokeXsltLateBoundFunction(String name, String namespaceUri, IList`1[] args)
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.<xsl:template match="HighlightBox">(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime, XPathNavigator {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}current, Double {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}position, Double {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}last, IList`1 {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}namespaces) in C:\Users\crussell\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\WebSites\JanetReedPublications\MultiAtt.xsl:line 32
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.<xsl:apply-templates>(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime, XPathNavigator , Double , Double )
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.<xsl:apply-templates>(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime, XPathNavigator , Double , Double )
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.<xsl:apply-templates>(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime, XPathNavigator , Double , Double )
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.<xsl:apply-templates>(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime, XPathNavigator , Double , Double )
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.<xsl:apply-templates>(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime, XPathNavigator , Double , Double )
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.<xsl:apply-templates>(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime, XPathNavigator , Double , Double )
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.Root(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime)
at System.Xml.Xsl.CompiledQuery.Query.Execute(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime)
at System.Xml.Xsl.XmlILCommand.Execute(Object defaultDocument, XmlResolver dataSources, XsltArgumentList argumentList, XmlSequenceWriter results)
at System.Xml.Xsl.XmlILCommand.Execute(Object defaultDocument, XmlResolver dataSources, XsltArgumentList argumentList, XmlWriter writer, Boolean closeWriter)
at System.Xml.Xsl.XmlILCommand.Execute(XmlReader contextDocument, XmlResolver dataSources, XsltArgumentList argumentList, XmlWriter results)
at System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform.Transform(XmlReader input, XsltArgumentList arguments, XmlWriter results, XmlResolver documentResolver)
at Microsoft.Xsl.XslPlugin.Execute(String xml, Stream output, XmlOutputMethod& outputMethod)
/*****************************************

I feel sure that I am very close but not there yet

I'm still pretty tied up right now (I spent almost the entire day yesterday reinstalling my OS -fun).

I'll SM you something that I use to parse Microsoft Excel XML. It may be very apropos to what you're doing.