RE: FOP transform region issue

Mark,

You must have columns specified for tables in XSL-FO or the table will not
render.

<fo:table table-layout="fixed">
<!-- Add this or it won't work -->
	  <fo:table-column column-width="100%" column-number="1"/>


William Charlton
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-----Original Message-----
From: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 27 October 2009 17:43
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  FOP transform region issue

At 2009-10-27 10:28 -0700, mark bordelon wrote:
>OK, following instructions,
>I have only one flow for the body and static-content for the before-region.
>
>Structure looks like this:

I removed the XSLT and just edited a raw XSL-FO file so as to be able 
to test the pertinent issues without the XSLT getting in the way.  I 
also had to flesh out the table and the body to get some text.  I was 
left with this:

   <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
    <fo:layout-master-set>
     <fo:simple-page-master master-name="cover_letter" 
page-width="8.5in" page-height="11in" margin-top="0.5in" 
margin-bottom=".5in" margin-left="0.5in" margin-right="1in">
      <fo:region-body margin-left="0.50in" margin-top="1.25in" />
      <fo:region-before extent="1in"/>
     </fo:simple-page-master>
    </fo:layout-master-set>

    <fo:page-sequence master-reference="cover_letter"
                      force-page-count="no-force">

     <fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-before">
       <!-- none of this is appearing !!! -->
      <fo:table table-layout="fixed">
        <fo:table-body>
          <fo:table-cell>
            <fo:block>Hello in the header table!</fo:block>
          </fo:table-cell>
        </fo:table-body>
      </fo:table>
     </fo:static-content>
     <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
      <fo:block font-family="LinotypeSyntax" font-size="8pt">
        Hello in the body.
      </fo:block>
     </fo:flow> <!-- for the body -->
    </fo:page-sequence>
   </fo:root>

When I run the above through four XSL-FO processors (including FOP), 
I get both the header and the body showing.  I am also using FOP 0.95 
and I get these messages:

t:\ftemp>xslfo-pdf-fop mark.fo mark.pdf -v
FOP Version 0.95
Oct 27, 2009 1:37:03 PM org.apache.fop.fonts.FontInfo notifyFontReplacement
WARNING: Font 'LinotypeSyntax,normal,400' not found. Substituting 
with 'any,normal,400'.
Oct 27, 2009 1:37:03 PM 
org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.table.TableLayoutManager getNextKnuthElements
INFO: table-layout="fixed" and width="auto", but auto-layout not 
supported => assuming width="100%"

t:\ftemp>

>But the bad news is the static-content for the before-region does not
appear

I am seeing the static content, so I'm not sure how to mimic the 
problems you are experiencing.

Perhaps someone on the list with FOP experience can recognize the 
differences in behaviours.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken

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