RE: Re[2]: [xep-support] Creating "section headers" that repeat after page breaks

From: Dean, Tim (STP) (Tim.Dean@guidant.com)
Date: Mon Dec 08 2003 - 08:29:19 PST

  • Next message: Alexander Peshkov: "Re[4]: [xep-support] Creating "section headers" that repeat after page breaks"

    Ah, I see the problem now. Thanks for the explanation.

    Is there any estimates on when version 3.7 is planned for release?

    - Tim

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Alexander Peshkov [mailto:peshkov@renderx.com]
    Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:04 AM
    To: Dean, Tim (STP)
    Subject: Re[2]: [xep-support] Creating "section headers" that repeat
    after page breaks

    Hello Tim,

    DTS> What functionality in particular is missing that I would need to
    DTS> implement this? According to your documentation, repeatable table
    DTS> headers should work as long as I specify cells with
    DTS> keep-together.within-column="always".

    Yes, this restriction appears because current version of XEP can
    insert repeating header only after all cells that may be pending from
    the previous column. This means that if you have no keeps and one cell
    breaking apart on the page boundary the header will be drawn on the
    second page only after the end of this cell, not at the top as it
    should. This is not such a problem with regular tables - usually you
    just need to keep cells together. However in your case normal solution
    will looks like this:
    Create a table with a header and a body (body should have two
    rows, single column). Write "Section 1" in the first row, place the
    whole section into the second row. Write something like "Section 1 -
    continued" in the header and set rx:table-omit-initial-header="true"
    on the table - this header will appear at the top of the page after
    every page break.
    Such a method will work as expected starting from the next major
    release of XEP.

    DTS> Is there something else that is unsupported with table headers?

    Well, I believe that we are going to support everything about table
    headers in XEP 3.7. :-)
    In the current version there is a limitation regarding table headers
    repetition (it is described in our documentation).

    Best regards,
    Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    RenderX

    DTS> - Tim

    DTS> -----Original Message-----
    DTS> From: Alexander Peshkov [mailto:peshkov@renderx.com]
    DTS> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:36 AM
    DTS> To: Timothy Dean
    DTS> Subject: Re: [xep-support] Creating "section headers" that repeat after
    DTS> page breaks

    DTS> Hello Timothy,

    DTS> Your task could be accomplished using table header functionality.
    DTS> Unfortunately current support of the table headers in XEP is
    DTS> insufficient for your case. We are going to fix table headers
    DTS> implementation in the next major release.

    DTS> Best regards,
    DTS> Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    DTS> RenderX

    TD>> I am trying to use XEP to generate a report that is broken into a series of
    TD>> report sections. Each section needs to have a section header that is
    TD>> re-printed at the start of a new page if the section spans across page
    TD>> boundaries.

    TD>> I'm assuming that I can do this using a table that has a single wide column,
    TD>> placing my section header content within the <fo:table-header> element. I'm
    TD>> trying to figure out if it is possible to also have specialized section
    TD>> header content when a header is reprinted on a new page. For example, I'd
    TD>> like to have a section header that says something like "Section 1" when it
    TD>> is first printed, and "Section 1, continued" on the subsequent page.

    TD>> Any recommendations on how I can accomplish this effect?

    TD>> Thanks,

    TD>> - Tim

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