Re: XSL-FO absolute position problem

Hello,

If you are using FOP, I believe FOP does not completely support 
absolute position of block-container.

Please check the following pdf which is generated by XSL Formatter
from your fo.

http://www.antenna.co.jp/temp/absolute.pdf

You may download XSL Formatter evaluation version from here.

http://www.antennahouse.com/product/axfo30/download.htm

Regards,

Tokushige Kobayashi

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:36:25 +0100
"Robert Hansson" <Robert.Hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all XSL-fo gurus.
> 
> I am about to generate a complex diagram with connector lines between
> them to pdf, similar to a complex organisation diagram. We are using
> cocoon to serialize xml to pdf and I am fiddling around with testing to
> position elements absolute. It renders just fine using cocoon and also
> when using Stylus Studio. 
> 
> The problem is not that my test code does not render, but that the
> blocks are not absolute positioned. They are rendered relative to each
> other and lined up vertically. The question I can't answer is why?
> 
> I can't really find any good examples where it actually works, so you
> guys are my only hope! It would be very nice if someone know what I am
> doing wrong or have an example to give me where it really works.
> 
> Example:
> 
> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
>  <fo:layout-master-set>
>   <fo:simple-page-master page-height="279mm" page-width="216mm" margin
> top="10mm" margin-left="20mm" margin-right="20mm" margin-bottom="10mm"
> master-name="PageMaster">
> 
>    <fo:region-before border-style="none" border-width="thin"
> extent="15mm"/>
>     <fo:region-body border-style="none" border-width="thin"
> margin-top="20mm" margin-left="0mm" margin-right="0mm"
> margin-bottom="20mm"/>
>     <fo:region-after border-style="none" border-width="thin"
> extent="15mm"/>
>   </fo:simple-page-master>
>  </fo:layout-master-set>
> 
>  <fo:page-sequence initial-page-number="1"
> master-reference="PageMaster">
>   <fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-before">
>  </fo:static-content>
> 
>  <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
>   <fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute" top="15mm"
> left="00mm" width="78mm" height="60mm" font-size="12pt"
> border-style="solid" border-color="#ff0000">
>    <fo:block font-weight="bold" space-after="1em">Absolute 1</fo:block>
>   </fo:block-container>
> 
>   <fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute" top="15mm"
> left="100mm" width="67mm" height="40mm" font-size="12pt"
> border-style="solid" border-color="#ff0000">
>    <fo:block font-weight="bold" space-after="1em">Absolute 2</fo:block>
>   </fo:block-container>
> 
>   <fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute" top="105mm"
> left="10mm" width="110mm" height="41mm" font-size="12pt"
> border-style="solid" border-color="#ff0000">
>    <fo:block font-weight="bold" space-after="1em">Absolute 3</fo:block>
>    </fo:block-container>
>   </fo:flow>
>  </fo:page-sequence>
> </fo:root>
> 
> 
>  Cheers,
> 
>  Rob.
> 
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