Hi Matthias Difficult to say. It's definitely not easy, especially if you're not yet familiar with the layout engine. Flow Map introduces the ability to have multiple flow which all have their own column and page breaks. I think someone has started flow maps in the past but didn't get far (just some FO classes I think). You might want to check the archives. Flow Maps would definitely be a great feature for many. But you'd be in for a non-trivial project. I wouldn't dare make an effort estimation. But it would be great if you could jump in here.
On 21.10.2010 18:35:19 MatthiasR wrote: > > Hi Jeremias, > > do you think it would be very complicated to implement flow maps? I might > have clients which are interested in this feature. > > Regards, > Matthias > > > Jeremias Maerki-2 wrote: > > > > Hi Russel, > > > > what you're looking for is essentially the flow-map feature of XSL 1.1, > > I believe. That allows you to define multiple "flow regions" where > > content can flow from one page to the other. Absolutely/fixed positioned > > block-containers can't overflow to the next page. Only block-containers > > with absolute-position="auto" (the default) can do that. > > > > The problem: FOP doesn't implement flow-maps, yet. > > > > - Flow Map Examples: http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#d0e7194 > > - fo:flow-map: http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#fo_flow-map > > > > - fo:block-container: http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#fo_block-container > > - absolute-position property: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#absolute-position > > - overflow property: http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#overflow > > (see description of the "repeat" value) > > > > On 21.10.2010 01:30:08 Russell Levy wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I have a simple document with three block-containers, each with a fixed > >> position on the page, aligned horizontally (page split into three parts). > >> When the top block-container overflows, I want the overflow to go to a > >> new > >> page (with the other two areas of the page blank). Is that possible? I > >> could > >> post code if that's helpful. > > > > > > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/overflow-of-fixed-block-container-tp30014969p30021286.html > Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
