RE: [xep-support] Problem with rounded edge box

The problem is fixed at last. The edges aren't as roundy as I'd have
preferred them to be, but at last it's fine! Attached is the final
solution :)

Thanks to all who helped!

Best Regards,

Mark Cilia Vincenti - Internal Developer - Marketing
GFI Software - www.gfi.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Cilia Vincenti
Sent: 12 October 2007 2:32 PM
To: 'xep-support@renderx.com'
Subject: RE: [xep-support] Problem with rounded edge box

Hi Vladimir,

Thanks for your answer. I have attached the TIFF images as per your
suggestion. I tried opening your version (RoundedBox_mod.pdf) in Adobe
Acrobat Professional and I could still see the thin red line around the
images in the Transparency Flattener Preview.

Best Regards,

Mark Cilia Vincenti - Internal Developer - Marketing
GFI Software - www.gfi.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Rodimyuk [mailto:VladimirR@ukrinvent.com]
Sent: 12 October 2007 2:07 PM
To: Mark Cilia Vincenti
Subject: FW: [xep-support] Problem with rounded edge box

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Rodimyuk
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:49 PM
To: 'xep-support@renderx.com'
Subject: RE: [xep-support] Problem with rounded edge box

Hi Mark,

Of course it can be done. I believe that you would get the answer much
faster if you had attached your tiff images. You have to face it -
people usually do not want to do some extra job.

Anyway, I think the reason for this issue is that you are using uniform
scaling while your images are not exactly 3mm wide. Take a look at FO
and PDF files in attach. I made some changes to your FO code, but the
crucial thing is the 'scaling' attribute. After I've changed its value
to 'non-uniform' it works.
<fo:block line-height="0mm">
   <fo:external-graphic height="3mm" width="3mm"
       content-height="3mm" content-width="3mm"
       scaling="non-uniform" src="url('images/crop_circle_rt.tif')"/>
<!-- ^~~~~~~~~~~Here is the major difference -->
</fo:block>

Although, I think there are a lot of methods to do rounded corner in a
different way. E.g. you can try to use embedded SVG graphics and table
3x3 (to reduce issues with background and extra spaces).

Respectfully,
Volodymyr Rodymyuk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xep-support@renderx.com
[mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com]
> On Behalf Of Mark Cilia Vincenti
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:09 AM
> To: xep-support@renderx.com
> Subject: RE: [xep-support] Problem with rounded edge box
>
> So is this not possible to do with XEP please? Will I have to resort
to
> using rectangular boxes, or is there some other means I can have boxes
> with rounded corners?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mark Cilia Vincenti - Internal Developer - Marketing
> GFI Software - www.gfi.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Cilia Vincenti
> Sent: 02 October 2007 11:34 AM
> To: 'xep-support@renderx.com'
> Subject: RE: [xep-support] Problem with rounded edge box
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm still out of ideas. I tried using the linearization in the hope
that
> it would have some effect, but it was not to be. Does anyone have any
> bright ideas? :)
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mark Cilia Vincenti - Internal Developer - Marketing
> GFI Software - www.gfi.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xep-support@renderx.com
[mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com]
> On Behalf Of Mark Cilia Vincenti
> Sent: 28 September 2007 11:07 AM
> To: xep-support@renderx.com
> Subject: [xep-support] Problem with rounded edge box
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to make a red box with rounded corners which will have
white
> text inside. The text inside may end up wrapping over more than one
line,
> so I decided to have a 3x2 table with the middle column spanning over
2
> rows. The text goes in this middle column whereas the other 4 cells
have
> images with rounded corners.
>
> <fo:table height="6mm" table-layout="auto" space-after.optimum="10pt"
> background-color="rgb-icc (204, 0, 0, #CMYK, 0, 1, 0.81, 0.04)">
> <fo:table-column />
> <fo:table-column />
> <fo:table-column />
> <fo:table-body>
> <fo:table-row>
> <fo:table-cell display-align="before">
> <fo:block line-height="0mm">
> <fo:external-graphic content-
> height="3mm" scaling="uniform" src="url('N:\DTP\Company General\xml
> brochure\A3Print\crop_circle_lt.tif')"/>
> </fo:block>
> </fo:table-cell>
> <fo:table-cell number-rows-spanned="2"
display-
> align="center">
> <fo:block color="#FFFFFF" line-
> height="5mm" font-size="10pt" font-weight="bold"
font-family="UniversGFI">
> Bla bla bla the text goes here
and
> it will wrap over a number of lines
> </fo:block>
> </fo:table-cell>
> <fo:table-cell display-align="before">
> <fo:block line-height="0mm">
> <fo:external-graphic content-
> height="3mm" scaling="uniform" src="url('N:\DTP\Company General\xml
> brochure\A3Print\crop_circle_rt.tif')"/>
> </fo:block>
> </fo:table-cell>
> </fo:table-row>
> <fo:table-row>
> <fo:table-cell display-align="after">
> <fo:block line-height="0mm">
> <fo:external-graphic content-
> height="3mm" scaling="uniform" src="url('N:\DTP\Company General\xml
> brochure\A3Print\crop_circle_lb.tif')"/>
> </fo:block>
> </fo:table-cell>
> <fo:table-cell display-align="after">
> <fo:block line-height="0mm">
> <fo:external-graphic content-
> height="3mm" scaling="uniform" src="url('N:\DTP\Company General\xml
> brochure\A3Print\crop_circle_rb.tif')"/>
> </fo:block>
> </fo:table-cell>
> </fo:table-row>
> </fo:table-body>
> </fo:table>
>
> When we took the PDFs to the printer, some of the boxes have a thin
red
> line around the images, as if the table has the equivalent of
cellpadding
> in HTML. This can be visible from Adobe Acrobat Professional's
> Transparency Flattener Preview.
>
> Any idea how I could solve this problem please?
>
> Best Regards,
> Mark Cilia Vincenti - mark@gfi.com
> Internal Developer - Marketing - GFI Software - www.gfi.com
> Messaging, Content Security & Network Security Software
> Tel: +356 21382418 (ext:227) Fax: +356 21382419
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