Hi Simon, your question isn´t stupid at all. Adobe Acrobat has some problems displaying thin borders or details. It really depends on the magnification.
I tried your advice. The border is thicker, but the right border is still missing. I checked it with Adobe Acrobat ( zooming in and out), as well as simply printing a page. Greetings Daniel From: "Dew, Simon" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Date: 12.10.2012 11:35 Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] PDF transformation: Why is the right border of my inline "box" missing when I transform to PDF. It works for HTML and Oxygen XML Editor. Hi Daniel Sorry if this is a stupid question, but could the problem come from your PDF viewer? Sometimes I find that Adobe Acrobat does not display all thin borders around a shaded area at 100% magnification. But they are there; you can see them if you increase the magnification or if you print the page. If this is the case making the border a little thicker may help. Try border-width="1pt". Simon Dew Technical Author | Stanley Security Solutions 1 Park Gate Close, Bredbury, Stockport SK6 2SZ, U.K. [email protected] | +44 (0) 161 406 3400 www.stanleysecuritysolutions.co.uk Registered Office: Stanley House, Bramble Road, Swindon Registered in England and Wales No. 181585 VAT No. 232 2446 95 On 12/10/2012 09:41, [email protected] wrote: > Hello, > my last request had some substantial mistakes. The problem still exists > and a solution is not yet in sight. I´m afraid that I still need your help. > > We use Oxygen and DocBook to write and maintain our user manuals. > Since these manuals describe various software applications, we often > insert "buttons". > Until recently, these buttons were inserted as screen shots, taken from > the original application. > > In the course of time, we realized that the effort maintaining the > amount of screens shots was to high, so we decided to add a new style to > our XSL style sheet to imitate the original buttons. Basically what we > did is to create a format for an inline "box" with a solid border.: > > <xsl:template match="d:button"> > <fo:inline background-color="#D3D3D3" color="#4B0082" > font-family="Courier New" font-weight="bold" text-align="start" > border-style="solid" border-width="thin" padding="1pt" > > <xsl:apply-templates/> > </fo:inline> > </xsl:template> > > The expected result was a solid box to indicate that its content was a > "button": > > --------- > | Button | > --------- > > It worked out fine for the HTML output, as well as the editor View. > > However, transforming to PDF results in > > --------- > | Button > --------- > > The right border is missing, and we can´t figure out why. > The strange thing is, it works when we replace the fo:inline by a > fo:block. Nevertheless, this is not a solution, since the button is > supposed to be an in-line element: > > > --------- > Click on | Button | to .... > --------- > > The FO transformer is Saxon 6.5.5. The entire documentation, including > the transformation is done with Oxygen XML editor. > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Daniel Keyes > > > > > ======================================================= > Disclaimer > The information contained in this e - mail and any attachments > ( together the "message") is intended for the addressee only and may > contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you have received > the message by mistake please delete it and notify the sender and do > not copy or distribute it or disclose its contents to anyone. > > FINARIS Financial Software Partner GmbH > Sömmerringstr. 23, 60322 Frankfurt/Main, Germany > Registered at Frankfurt/Main, HRB 52873 > > Managing Directors: > Dipl. Inf. Hermann Friebel, Dipl. Ing. Kai Bächle, Dipl. Inf. Werner Märkl > ======================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] ======================================================= Disclaimer The information contained in this e - mail and any attachments ( together the "message") is intended for the addressee only and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you have received the message by mistake please delete it and notify the sender and do not copy or distribute it or disclose its contents to anyone. FINARIS Financial Software Partner GmbH Sömmerringstr. 23, 60322 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Registered at Frankfurt/Main, HRB 52873 Managing Directors: Dipl. Inf. Hermann Friebel, Dipl. Ing. Kai Bächle, Dipl. Inf. Werner Märkl =======================================================
