On 21.12.2005 22:16:46 Jay Bryant wrote: > > Hi, all, > > > > I'm creating reports for a new client. The reports consist entirely of > > tables (not blind tables used for layout but actual tabular content). > > > > In 0.20.5, I can't get keep-together or keep-with-next to work on a table > > row. I get page breaks within table-cells. > > > > In .90alpha, I don't get page breaks in table-cells, but it causes another > > problem. .90alpha collapses (renders with 0 height, it seems) blocks that > > contain just a non-breaking space (that is, character & # 1 6 0 ; with > extra > > spaces). I need those blocks to be full height, as I am using them to > > position things within table cells. Collapsing <fo:block/> would be fine > > (I'm using empty blocks for page breaks between tables, in fact, and it's > > good there), but it seems to me that blocks with content (even just a > space) > > shouldn't be collapsed. > > > > So, I either need to know how to get page breaks to not occur within table > > cells (that is, only at the rows between cells) in 0.20.5 or I need to > know > > how to prevent blocks that contain spaces from collapsing in .90alpha. The > > 0.20.5 solution would be preferred, but I think I can talk my client into > > moving to .90alpha if it fixes the page break problem. > > > > Thanks > > > > I used block-containers with height attribute values wrapped around empty > blocks to make my spacer blocks, so I've gotten the .90alpha solution to > work. Combined with the -q option to shut off all the to-do messages, it'll > work.
That seems like a hack. Please try my suggestions I just sent. > I'd still like to know how to prevent page breaks within table cells in > 0.20.5 in case my client (or some future client) resists going to .90alpha. keep-together is supposed to work if specified on a table-row. Does that mean that this doesn't work in your case. If you can post a small example, I can have a look. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
