RE: fo:marker - can this be used to display header on

Thanks.

I am still having trouble though.  I adapted the glossary.xsl and
glossary.xml (stripped this down to just a
glossary><definition></definition></glossary> structure) example that is
supplied with FOP. Now all I get is a marker on the first page of my
document (where it is not needed) and not on subsequent pages where glossary
definitions are broken over two pages.

<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-before">
	<fo:block text-align="start" font-size="10pt" font-family="serif"
line-height="1em + 2pt">
		<fo:retrieve-marker retrieve-class-name="term"
retrieve-boundary="page-sequence"/>
	</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="definition"/>
</fo:flow>

<xsl:template match="definition">
		<fo:block>
			<fo:marker marker-class-name="definition">
				<xsl:value-of select="."/>
			</fo:marker>
			<fo:block>
				<xsl:value-of select="."/>
			</fo:block>
			<fo:block>
				<fo:marker marker-class-name="definition"/>
			</fo:block>
		</fo:block>
</xsl:template>

Thanks.

Brett Williams.

-----Original Message-----
From: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 May 2004 15:00
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  fo:marker - can this be used to display header on
page 3 using da ta from page 2?


To answer the question in your subject: no ... but you don't need to from 
what I interpret from your post.

At 2004-05-18 14:41 +0100, Williams, Brett L wrote:
>I am hoping to clarify what I have gathered from elsewhere with regard to 
>limitations of fo:marker.

Not sure what you classify about markers as limitations.

>I am producing a report that is broken down into classrooms, each 
>classroom has a number  (n) - there are a list of names under each 
>classroom. Occasionally the list of names runs over onto the next page of 
>the document. I need to add the text 'Classroom (n) Continued' at the top 
>of the next page only if this happens.

The design pattern is as follows:

   <static-content ...>
      <retrieve-marker .../>
   </static-content>
   ...
   <xsl:for-each select="classroom">
     <block>
       <marker ...>Classroom (n) Continued</marker>
       <block>...</block>
       <block>...</block>
       <block>...</block>
       <block>...</block>
     </block>
     <block>
       <marker ...></marker>
     </block>
   </xsl:for-each>

That way the marker is ready to be used if a page breaks in the middle of 
the blocks, but if all of the blocks fit, the following marker "clears out" 
the "continued text" and it doesn't show at the top.

I hope this helps.

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


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