Thank you Jay. This helps a lot. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Table Help
> > What I don't understand is the relationship between columns and tables. > > Well, the fo:table element requires one or more fo:table-column elements > as children. In other words, you have to remember that XSL:FO requires you > to specify the columns before you specify the table body. When you start > specifying cells, FOP requires that each row have the same number of cells > as the table has columns (though you can have one column span cells). > Other processors might permit an empty cell, but FOP does no "thinking for > you", so it requires that you spell out everything. > > In the following simple example, notice that the table-column elements and > the table-body element are the immediate descendents (the children) of the > table element. The rows and cells are and must be, because table-body has > to contain them, deeper descendents (grandchildren and > great-grandchildren, as it were). > > <fo:table table-layout="fixed"> > <fo:table-column column-width="2in"/> > <fo:table-column column-width="2.5in"/> > <fo:table-column column-width="2in"/> > <fo:table-body> > <fo:table-row> > <fo:table-cell> > <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="footerleft"> > Date prepared: <xsl:value-of > select="format-date(current-date(),'[D1] [MNn] [Y0001]')"/> > </fo:block> > </fo:table-cell> > <fo:table-cell> > <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="footercenter"> > Confidential and Proprietary > </fo:block> > </fo:table-cell> > <fo:table-cell> > <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="footerright"> > <fo:page-number/> > </fo:block> > </fo:table-cell> > </fo:table-row> > </fo:table-body> > </fo:table> > > HTH > > Jay Bryant > Bryant Communication Services > (on contract at Syngeristic Solution Technologies) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
