Re: XSL-FO: Creating Marginalias with Apache FOP

Play the video

Subject: Re: XSL-FO: Creating Marginalias with Apache FOP
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:27:58 -0400

At 2010-11-01 16:17 +0100, Gerhard Glatz wrote:

I am trying to create a PDF with marginalias (side notes) with Apache FOP 1.0. Since FOP does not support the "float" concept of FO, I am trying to use a table with two columns; the first one for the marginalia, the second one for the main text.

A valid approach ... I've done this myself in an educational study guide.

As the marginalia can consist of more lines than the following main text, I am trying to use a table inside of a table:

Here is the xml (the number and order of maintextX and marginaliaX varies):
<root>
  ...
  <body>
    <marginalia1>number</marginalia1>
    <title>title</title>
    <body_info>
      <maintext1>ipsum lorem</maintext1>
      <maintext2>consectetur</maintext2>

      <marginalia2>ut enim</marginalia2>
      <maintext2>consequat r</maintext2>
      <maintext3>consequat r</maintext3>

      <marginalia2>ut enim</marginalia1>
      <maintext4>consequat r</maintext4>
    <body_info>
  </body>
  ...
</root>

You need the XSLT 2.0 grouping facility using group-starting-with="", but honestly I can't mock up anything with the markup you've posted. Where is <marginalia3>? Do all of the elements always have unique names, or did you make them unique with numeric extensions only to distinguish them?

Please post well-formed XML with *exactly* the markup you're planning to use, and we'll understand that the empty lines represent separate table rows.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . Ken

--
Crane Softwrights Ltd.          http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/
G. Ken Holman                 mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Legal business disclaimers:  http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal

Current Thread
XSL-FO: Creating Marginalias with Apache FOP Gerhard Glatz - 1 Nov 2010 15:17:35 -0000 G. Ken Holman - 1 Nov 2010 15:28:18 -0000 <=

<- Previous	Index	Next ->
XSL-FO: Creating Marginalias , Gerhard Glatz	Thread	'true' or true(), Karl Stubsjoen
XSL-FO: Creating Marginalias , Gerhard Glatz	Date	'true' or true(), Karl Stubsjoen
	Month

PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!

Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced!

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Subscribe in XML format

RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3

XML Editor - Download a 15 Day Free Trial Now >

See What's New in Stylus Studio >

Buy Stylus Studio - XML Editor - Now >