Thanks Ken. It does help a bit. Unfortunately that's what we suspected. I
was just hoping.
Regards,
Al
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:58 PM, G. Ken Holman <
gkholman@cranesoftwrights.com> wrote:
> At 2008-11-21 14:16 -0800, A Seifert wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to create an FO document that includes another FO document?
>>
>
> Not by reference, but when using XSLT you can merge portions of FO found in
> other documents into the FO stream you are creating.
>
> Like how an HTML file can include an external CSS?
>>
>
> No, not like that. XSL-FO is designed such that the entire instance has
> all of the information except for external graphics. You cannot even share
> static content between page sequences or re-use other groups of formatting
> objects because the design allows the formatter to do a lot of garbage
> collection when finished with page sequences.
>
> I've been looking for "include" but I can only find references for
>> inclusion with regards to XSLT, not FO.
>>
>
> Right ... *that* inclusion is for managing stylesheet fragments. There is
> no equivalent concept in XSL-FO.
>
> I hope this helps your understanding of the specification.
>
> . . . . . . . . . Ken
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