Subject: RE: Character Report Overflow Pages
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:38:29 +0100
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It's a fairly standard problem. Arranging data in multiple pages is
essentially the same as arranging in multiple columns, see
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N7450.html#d10871e13
except that instead of putting the data inside a <tr> element, you want to
precede it with a page header.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt [mailto:puskas.duck@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 June 2007 12:32
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Character Report Overflow Pages
>
> Hi,
>
> I am relatively new to XSLT and have been tasked to create a
> character based report which outputs statement data at fixed
> positions to be used on pre-printed stationery.
>
> The problem I have is that I have 2 regions firstly a header
> which contains customer name and address, and then a detail
> region containing transaction information. If the number of
> transactions exceed the maximum limit (say 20) then I need to
> print out the details on a second page, and repeat the header
> (name and address).
>
> I believe there is implicit functionality in XSL-FO that can
> handle this scenario, has anyone done this with XSLT? Or can
> point me in the direction of some examples which do similiar.
>
> Thanks in advance,
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