> -----Original Message----- > From: James Earl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Hi James, > Thanks for the example. > > vMax is a string length in this example though, right? Correct me if > I'm wrong, but I don't think proportional-column-width() will work with > a string length will it? > Hmm.. Not sure what *exactly* you are referring to, but XSLT's string-length() function returns a number, and that number is what gets fed to the proportional-column-width() function. Don't know if you have read up on the definition of proportional-column-width(), but it works more or less as follows: - first all other specified column-widths are resolved (explicitly set to an absolute or a percentage value) - the total of these is subtracted from the table-width - then, for all remaining columns whose width is defined by p-c-w(), the total of the numbers is made, and the remaining table-width is distributed over these columns along the proportions that are specified So, if you have two columns like this: <fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)" /> <fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(5)" /> The second one will always be 5 times as wide as the first, no matter what else... Using string-length() is indeed a bit rudimentary, in that it can, strictly speaking, only approach the actual text-width when a fixed-width font is used further on. If you want to refine that, you would need to take into account the font-metrics as well... Also, the proportions will only look nice if you have all rows of the same height (meaning: no line-breaks inside cells) Sure, this too can be compensated for. Say you have a max record width (sum of all respective max field widths) of 65, then each column gets its width according to a calculation like [( proportional-width / 65 ) * remaining-table-width ] Other than that... could it be that you're a bit misled by the subtle difference between XSLT and XSL-FO (?) The result of string-length() is resolved long before FOP starts digesting the actual fo:table-column, so FOP sees nothing of the string-length() function. That's the XSLT processor's realm... HTH! Greetz, Andreas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
