The other option I have tried is using a table within the block, creating
rows and columns that intersect at the points where I want to place the
"block-container". That works, and by using number-columns-spanned and
number-rows-spanned I can get the cells to overlap each other if there are
multiple "block-containers" at arbitrary points. I am not sure if this is
intended behaviour or not. Maybe is a bug.
<fo:block>
<fo:table>
<fo:table-column column-width="50mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row height="10mm">
<fo:table-cell number-columns-spanned="3"
number-rows-spanned="2" border-style="solid"><fo:block>Some
text</fo:block></fo:table-cell><fo:table-cell/>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row height="10mm">
<fo:table-cell column-number="2"
number-columns-spanned="3" number-rows-spanned="2"
border-style="solid"><fo:block>Some more text</fo:block></fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row height="5mm"/>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
-----Original Message-----
From: Giannetti, Fabio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 07 September 2001 05:12
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: block-container with block
Hi Colin,
yes, you can have a block-container that is not absolute positioned
.... if you specify absolute-positioning="auto" it will automatically
considered like to be relative-positioned. There is a substantial difference
between a block with relative position and a block-container with
abs-pos="auto" and is related to the kind of generate areas ... the block
will generate a normal flow area and the block-container a static one, so if
you specify also a size the content will be truncated if it is too long.
Back to the block case if the content is too long will flow into a new page
starting from the beginning of the region body.
It sounds clear ? I hope so ... Fabio
-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 07 September 2001 15:55
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: block-container with block
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