RE: element use, attribute transform doesn't work

[th...@kodak.com]

Hi Michael, Massimo,

"Bishop, Michael W. CONTR J9C880" <Mi...@je.jfcom.mil> wrote on 
01/23/2008 01:05:31 PM:

> I don't know how your document is configured, but try setting the
> transform in the SVG namespace.

   Don't do that.  With the notable exception of the
xlink attributes (i.e. xlink:href) all of the SVG attributes
are in the null namespace.

> > if the element is in the svg file everything is ok
> > 
> > <use xlink:href="/home/cits/source.svg#s_7"
> >    transform="translate(100,300)"  >
> > 
> > if I try to use that from java code, I get the error 
> > 
> > The attribute "transform" of the element <use> is invalid

     My first and only guess would be some problem with locale
settings.  So the transform ends up being parsed as 100.3
(comma vs period decimal separator problem).

> > Element el = document.createElementNS(svgNS, "use");
> > el.setAttributeNS(null, "id", id+"instance"); 
> > el.setAttributeNS(null ,"transform", "translate(100,100)"); 
> > el.setAttributeNS(org.apache.batik.util.XMLConstants.XLINK_NAM
> > ESPACE_URI, "href", link); 
> > document.getElementById(id).appendChild(el);

    I don't see how that could happen of course with the
above code.