RE: [xep-support] landscape tables <FAO: Ken>

From: Parr, Christopher (christopher.parr@thomson.com)
Date: Wed Aug 18 2004 - 02:26:33 PDT

  • Next message: G. Ken Holman: "RE: [xep-support] landscape tables <FAO: Ken>"

    Hi Ken,

    Thanks for the pointer.

    Just to make sure I understand how to use the PSMI way correctly:

    I run may process as I did, however each time I need to go to landscape I
    enclose the table in the following way to produce a '.psmi' file:

    <create normal FO output>
    <create normal FO output>
    <create normal FO output>

    <psmi:page-sequence master-reference="frame-landbody">
            
            <fo:table with whatever attributes>
                    <table contents fo>
                    :
                    :
                    <table contents fo>
            </fo:table>

    </psmi:page-sequence>

    <more normal FO output>
    <more normal FO output>
    <more normal FO output>

    I then take the above created .psmi file and run 'psmi.xsl' over it which
    will replace the psmi tags with the correct FO for making the page
    landscape, and then produce the PDF document from that file.

    Thanks in advance

    Chris

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-xep-support@renderx.com [mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com]
    On Behalf Of G. Ken Holman
    Sent: 18 August 2004 03:39
    To: xep-support@renderx.com
    Subject: Re: [xep-support]

    At 2004-08-17 15:07 +0100, Parr, Christopher wrote:
    >I've hit a problem with landscaped tables where the first page of the
    >table is displayed and the rest is missing.
    >
    >I'm using <fo:block-container reference-orientation="90"> to orientate
    >the
    >table landscape however from what I can see from other posts this may be
    >the wrong way to do it. I either can't see the solution in the posts or I
    >don't fully understand the problem.

    When I want to do landscaped tables with page flow I use a page geometry
    where the body region is rotated. Header and footer regions need not be
    rotated.

    If you have control over the page geometry that you can start your own
    page-sequence using the rotated page then it is straightforward.

    If you want to have your authors *trigger* a rotated table, this is not
    nearly as easy. To mitigate the situation I created a free formatting
    semantic implemented in XSLT available from the "Free resources" area of
    our web site. It is called the Page Sequence Master Interleave (PSMI) and
    rotated tables over page boundaries happens the be the exemplar used in the
    documentation.

    A Google search on "PSMI XSL-FO" points to a number of posts that I and
    others have made on this.

    I hope this helps.

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

    --
    World-wide on-site corporate, govt. & user group XML/XSL training.
    G. Ken Holman                 mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com
    Crane Softwrights Ltd.          http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/f/
    Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0    +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995)
    Male Breast Cancer Awareness  http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/f/bc
    Legal business disclaimers:  http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
    -------------------
    (*) To unsubscribe, send a message with words 'unsubscribe xep-support' in
    the body of the message to majordomo@renderx.com from the address you are
    subscribed from.
    (*) By using the Service, you expressly agree to these Terms of Service
    http://www.renderx.com/tos.html
    -------------------
    (*) To unsubscribe, send a message with words 'unsubscribe xep-support'
    in the body of the message to majordomo@renderx.com from the address
    you are subscribed from.
    (*) By using the Service, you expressly agree to these Terms of Service http://www.renderx.com/tos.html
    


    This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed Aug 18 2004 - 02:35:09 PDT