[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> I try to build a complex design with fop, the design-template can be >>>> seen here : >>>> >>>> http://yucca-net.de/data/gild.pdf >>>> >>>> After toying around with fop, I'm not sure if it is possible to realize >>>> this design with fop. >>>> I got alternating page-masters and the background-design working. >>>> I can format a fo:block with the design for the even page, I can format >>>> a fo:block with the design for the odd page, but I can't specify when to >>>> use which (the problem you can't see in the template is that it must be >>>> possible to put two or more workshops on one page). >>>> > > You know the size of the result, you know what to put where (which parts of > information belong together) and you need to do this with fop...what about > inserting the whole style as SVG? I mean, this one's really complex with > images, colors and stuff, has nothing to do with floating text put with > pinning objects to certain positions. No, It has a lot to do with floating text. The sizes of the workshop-blocks vary and there can be one, two, or more workshops on one page. I need this information calculated, I need justified text with hyphenation, -> i need fop. > Instead of working out a totally abstract concept which will work for > "handouts" with thousands of workshops I'd concentrate on rendering these 5 > or 6 pages perfect and as a single shot... Pardon, I think my first mail was a little bit unclear about what I wanted to achieve. The data is taken from a existing online-database, in the example it's just, well, example data. There are ~200 workshops in the database, and it's changed completely twice a year. This can be a lot of very stupid work for designers, or a (maybe smaller) lot of interesting work for for developers. I prefer the second (since I'm a developer ;-))
Anyway, now it seems to be working, even if it's full of hacks (no..., lets say detours). And there's no other free software to accomplish this task. The only alternatives are some lame Indesign or Quarkexpress-XML-Plugins, but they aren't powerful enough. So this is a perfect job for fop. Hannes > Causes more work to think about how to do this with FO instead of focusing on > the graphic aspect...(at least I'd draw it as a gif or png with some layers > and ImageMagick, 'cause nobody will select pieces of text to copy them to the > clipboard...so it can be a fullsized image). > > > > 1 Million Singles in Ihrer Nahe. Finden Sie Ihren Traumpartner > bei Deutschlands beliebtester Partnerboerse: > http://singles.freenet.de/index.html?pid=11512 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
