I will definitely check it out. Regards, AHS
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Gratton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: April 19, 2002 1:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: inital background-image patch > > > > Guys, > > An initial maintenance-branch patch for background-image and > background-repeat property support can be found at: > > <http://web.vee.net/fop/background-image_0.01.patch> > > This patch is *not* ready to get comitted to the repository, rather I'm > posting it to a) get some help testing it, b) get feedback about the > nature and scope of the changes I've made. > > So please, have a look at it, try it out, and send me as much feedback > as possible, especially on: > - The API changes to AbstractRenderer. > - Changing addRectFoo() to only ever expect +ve heights. > - Seeing if the MIF and TXT renderers still work as advertised (but > without bg image support). > > To support background images, the following has changed: > > - Implemented the background-image and background-repeat properties. > - PropertyManager resolves the bg image source to a FopImage when > first retreiving an instance of BackgroundProps. > - Areas now store an instance of BackgroundProps rather than just the > background color. > - AbstractRenderer has a concrete doBackground() method, and abstract > drawImageFoo() methods to support doBackground(), renderImageArea() and > possibly others. > - PDFRenderer and PrintRenderer have been modified to use > doBackground() and provide concrete implementations of the > drawImageFoo() methods. > > As a direct result: > > - PDFRenderer.renderImageArea() has been generalized and moved into > AbstractRenderer. > - Start of support for working region-foo backgrounds has been added > - The addRectFoo() methods should now expect only +ve heights > > Stuff that isn't working: > - All renderers other than PDFRenderer, and possibly the MIF renderer > and TXTRenderer. > - Image cropping, so on a tiled background, the last row and column of > images are scaled rather than cropped if the width/height if the content > area isn't an exact multiple of the image's width/height. > > Binaries for testing can be found at: > > <http://web.vee.net/fop/fop-background-image-0.01-bin.tar.gz> > <http://web.vee.net/fop/fop-background-image-0.01-bin.zip> > > Please *do not* use this binary in a production system. > > Thanks (especially for reading this far ;), > Mike. > > -- > Michael Gratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Recall Design <http://www.recalldesign.com/> > s: 53 Gilbert Street Adelaide SA 5000 Australia > t: +61 8 8217 0500 f: +61 8 8217 0555 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
