Hi Chris Thanks for the tip - regarding the use of a non-existent region for even pages. I will try it the next time I go into this. Is the use of the non-existent region or the use of an zero length body page allowed by the FO spec or are these just features of .93.
Note, I have replied this time to the Fop users mail list - I must have mis-interpretted because when I re-read the descriptions of the lists the distinction is clear. cheers Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Bowditch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Feature and Bug > > > Jim Tivy wrote: > > > Hi Folks > > > > I am new to this community. Thanks to all the FOP contributors > to getting > > this out. > > > > We are trying to deploy a formatting solution to a customer. > One reason we > > chose .93 was because it would allow us to define an even page with zero > > renderable space - done by setting a top and bottom margin > adding up to 11 > > inches: > > Another possibility is to name the fo:region-body on even page masters > with a different region name. That way they should be excluded from the > flowing content which is tied to the region body on odd pages only. > > > > > <fo:simple-page-master page-width="8.5in" page-height="11in" > > margin-top="0in" > > margin-bottom="0in" margin-left="0in" margin-right="0in" > > master-name="evenFlowBlank"> > > <fo:region-body margin-left=".5in" margin-right=".5in" > > margin-top="8in" margin-bottom="3in"/> > > <fo:region-after region-name="afterFlowBlank" extent="0.5in"/> > > </fo:simple-page-master> > > > > This works great, except every once in a while FOP .93 decides it is > > experiencing a flow problem and decides to render on this "zero > space page". > > FOP seems quite erratic when it decides to do this illegal > rendering - seems > > to be related to how the blocks are nested and what follows the > text. As > > well, FOP knows it is doing something wrong and issues a warning: > > > > Jan 31, 2007 2:10:12 PM > org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageSequenceLayoutManager$1 > > notifyOverflow > > WARNING: Content of the region-body on page 6 overflows the > available area > > in block-progression dimension. (fo > > :page-sequence, location: 217/74) > > Interesting. I'll let one of the layout experts comment on this. > Certainly not what I'd expect. > > > > > Is there anyone who can help me with this bug and/or should it > be reported > > elsewhere. > > BTW, you have posted to an inappropriate mailing list. The correct list > for user questions on FOP is [EMAIL PROTECTED] The > developers check the user list just as often as this list! > > > > > As well, I can make the .fo files available as necessary. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
