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With object oriented or procedural programming, we use flow charting, sequence diagrams, object models, etc to work through complex problems to derive a solution. In order to have useful collaboration with my team mates, who have no knowledge of XSLT or backgrounds in declarative programming, it would help to explain complex problems using design tools with which they are familiar. I am trying to design the necessary xml to allow a non-technical end user complete control to define a table through UI to output in xsl-fo. The requirements are very complex and I am struggling to fit everything in: conditional column spans; conditional, cell-level data and textual formatting; conditional row-level overrides for data and textual formatting; specifying which data element is assigned to which column AND row - without any idea of the nature or structure of the data; 0 or more sorts; 0 or 1 groupings; decimal-centered alignment that also carries through to the footer row; variable precision; variable signage for currency and percents; variable padding; variable spacing; allowing standard or user-defined functions to be applied to cells, etc. And it must be able to exactly reproduce existing tables that are currently produced with very specific hard-coding, down to a tenth of a mm and with a very specific data structure. I can do the two-dimensional data and column-level formatting, and I can do the two-dimensional data and row-level formatting. I have not been able to figure out how to do the three-dimensional data, column-level, and row-level combination. We may be hiring a consultant to help me come up with a workable design. If anyone is interested, please forward your resume and financial requirements for consideration. Thanks! Angela Williams Angela.Williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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