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Re: [FO] image on even, table on odd, repeating image

Subject: Re: [FO] image on even, table on odd, repeating image if the table is more than one page
From: Michael.Hahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:31:36 -0500
Re:  [FO] image on even
What about creating a header area on the even pages to allow both the real 
header and the image?  The OP's original question specified one image per 
table, so a reference to the url() could specify the image associated with 
the table.  (We do something similar with "This page intentionally left 
blank" centered on the blank pages.)

 
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"G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/11/2012 
07:01:55 AM:

> At 2012-07-11 13:32 +0200, Geert Bormans wrote:
> >I have a part list table that I need to show on the odd page of a PDF
> >I have an image that goes with the part list, that I have to show on 
> >the even page.
> >In case the table breaks over multiple pages, I need to keep the 
> >table on the odd pages only
> >and I need to repeat the image on each opposite even page.
> >
> >Does anyone have an idea on how to do this?
> 
> I think this can be done with markers, but I haven't got the time 
> this morning to write up a working mock-up:
> 
>   (1) - create a page sequence master that alternates the odd page 
having
>         a body region for content with the even page having a body 
region
>         without content ... this will flow the table on only the odd 
pages
>   (2) - in a perimeter region for the even page, create an absolute 
block
>         container the same size as odd-page-body-region, and in 
thatcontainer
>         retrieve, in order, one marker for each diagram that might be
>         needed by the table
>   (3) - define all diagram markers as empty
>   (4) - when flowing the table, put the image associated with content 
into
>         that diagram's marker, clearing out the marker when the diagram 
is
>         no longer relevant
> 
> >I would prefer something that works with FOP
> >If this can't be done with FOP, please suggest an alternative
> 
> Your requirement is quite particular ... off the top I cannot think 
> of an alternative.  And I haven't tested the above, but I would write 
> my test following those steps.
> 
> Sadly, having written out the algorithm I worry this won't work 
> because the markers are defined in the flow *after* the page on which 
> you want the images ... I now think the above steps will put the 
> images on the even page *after* the odd page, which is not what you 
need.
> 
> You may be out of luck.  There is no "look ahead" in XSL-FO ... I 
> can't see a way of knowing what to put on page "n" based on content 
> on page "n+1".
> 
> No problem with the odd-page-only table flowing ... I just think you 
> can't get the images to work.
> 
> I hope this helps, even if it isn't a solution, in that I hope it 
> helps to know that there may not be a pure XSL-FO solution.  With 
> post-processing you might be able to swap pages in some way ... but I 
> think that would be untenable.
> 
> . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
> 
> 
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