It usually is silly, but it's these silly things that keep money in our bank accounts.
Anyway, if you want to break the line at the space closest to 80 (but not after 80), this stylesheet will do it: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"; xmlns:fox="http://xml.apache.org/fop/extensions"; exclude-result-prefixes="fo"> <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" omit-xml-declaration="no" indent="yes"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";> <fo:layout-master-set> <fo:simple-page-master master-name="only" margin-top="1in" margin-left="1in" margin-right="1in" margin-bottom="1in"> <fo:region-body region-name="only"/> </fo:simple-page-master> </fo:layout-master-set> <fo:page-sequence master-reference="only"> <fo:flow flow-name="only"> <xsl:call-template name="makeBlocks"> <xsl:with-param name="string" select="."/> </xsl:call-template> </fo:flow> </fo:page-sequence> </fo:root> </xsl:template> <xsl:template name="makeBlocks"> <xsl:param name="string"/> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="string-length($string) > 80"> <xsl:variable name="firstString"> <xsl:call-template name="findSpace"> <xsl:with-param name="string" select="substring($string, 1, 80)"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:variable> <fo:block font-size="8pt" font-family="monospace"><xsl:value-of select="$firstString"/></fo:block> <xsl:call-template name="makeBlocks"> <xsl:with-param name="string" select="substring($string, string-length($firstString) + 1, string-length($string))"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <fo:block font-size="8pt" font-family="monospace"><xsl:value-of select="$string"/></fo:block> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:template> <xsl:template name="findSpace"> <xsl:param name="string"/> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="not(contains($string, ' '))"> <xsl:value-of select="$string"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="substring($string, string-length($string), string-length($string)) = ' '"> <xsl:value-of select="$string"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:call-template name="findSpace"> <xsl:with-param name="string" select="substring($string, 1, string-length($string) - 1)"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> I tested it on this oddball file: <inputText>a ab abc abcd abcde abcdef abcdefg abcdefgh abcdefghi abcdefghij abcdefghijkl abcdefghijklm abcdefghijklmn abcdefghijklmno a ab abc abcd abcde abcdef abcdefg abcdefgh abcdefghi abcdefghij abcdefghijkl abcdefghijklm abcdefghijklmn abcdefghijklmno a ab abc abcd abcde abcdef abcdefg abcdefgh abcdefghi abcdefghij abcdefghijkl abcdefghijklm abcdefghijklmn abcdefghijklmno</inputText> And its output is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";> <fo:layout-master-set> <fo:simple-page-master master-name="only" margin-top="1in" margin-left="1in" margin-right="1in" margin-bottom="1in"> <fo:region-body region-name="only"/> </fo:simple-page-master> </fo:layout-master-set> <fo:page-sequence master-reference="only"> <fo:flow flow-name="only"> <fo:block font-size="8pt" font-family="monospace">a ab abc abcd abcde abcdef abcdefg abcdefgh abcdefghi abcdefghij abcdefghijkl </fo:block> <fo:block font-size="8pt" font-family="monospace">abcdefghijklm abcdefghijklmn abcdefghijklmno a ab abc abcd abcde abcdef abcdefg </fo:block> <fo:block font-size="8pt" font-family="monospace">abcdefgh abcdefghi abcdefghij abcdefghijkl abcdefghijklm abcdefghijklmn </fo:block> <fo:block font-size="8pt" font-family="monospace">abcdefghijklmno a ab abc abcd abcde abcdef abcdefg abcdefgh abcdefghi </fo:block> <fo:block font-size="8pt" font-family="monospace">abcdefghij abcdefghijkl abcdefghijklm abcdefghijklmn abcdefghijklmno</fo:block> </fo:flow> </fo:page-sequence> </fo:root> Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) "Ashley Martens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/21/2005 01:23 PM Please respond to [email protected] To <[email protected]> cc Subject RE: Basic help needed It's really silly. I'm creating this software to interface another company. That company returns a report as a text file, however, my client does not want his employees to be able to change the text file so he wants it converted to a PDF. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 4/21/2005 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Basic help needed Well, FO doesn't have any sense of breaking at an arbitrary number of characters. The FO idiom is to fill the line until the end of the line or the end of the text is reached. If you really want to break the text every eighty lines, you can do it with XSLT and then put each chunk in its own block. Getting the line break to be at the last space before 80 characters will be a bit more interesting, but not impossible. I'm curious why you would want to create a PDF representation of what is usually a pure-text representation method. Why not let PDF do what PDF does well (make paragraphs, have bold for emphasis, and so on)? Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) "Ashley Martens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/21/2005 12:50 PM Please respond to [email protected] To <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject Basic help needed I trying to convert a simple text document, with no line feeds, into a simple PDF that is wrapped at 80 characters. Can anyone suggest the FO syntax to do this? E-Mail Confidentiality Notification ----------------------------------- This e-mail message (and any associated files) contains information from Associated Software Consultants (ASC), Inc. and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. 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