fop-users,
[I accidentally sent this message a moment ago from an account not subscribed to this list -- apologies if it makes it through in addition to this message]
My company creates a book from a series of XML files, and we'd like to use FOP to produce the PDF's we'll send to the print shop.
However, I've hit a wall with FOP's limitations and wonder if anyone can point me to a work around.
The effect I'm trying to achieve is as follows:
first page
================== | header | ------------------ | first page box | ------------------ | body text.... | | | | | ------------------ | first p. box 2 | ==================
second page
================== | header | ------------------ | second pg. box | ------------------ | body text.... | | | | | | | ==================
subsequent pages
================== | header | ------------------ | body text.... | | | | | | | ==================
The body text should flow contiguously, so I can't simply put the first/second page boxes in the flow. Furthermore, generation of the book will be fully automatic, so I can't manually insert the box into the flow.
If FOP (a) supported something like <fo:conditional-page-master-reference page-position="second"> or (b) floats, this a solution would be a no-brainer.
Any ideas? We have considerable Java expertise -- should we consider branching the FOP source to support page-position="second"?
Thanks,
Ben
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