Re[4]: [xep-support] Creating "section headers" that repeat after page breaks

From: Alexander Peshkov (peshkov@renderx.com)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 00:17:35 PST

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    Hello Tim,

    DTS> Ah, I see the problem now. Thanks for the explanation.

    DTS> Is there any estimates on when version 3.7 is planned for release?

    XEP 3.7 is in beta-testing now. No commitment on final release date.

    DTS> - Tim

    Best regards,
    Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    RenderX

    DTS> -----Original Message-----
    DTS> From: Alexander Peshkov [mailto:peshkov@renderx.com]
    DTS> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:04 AM
    DTS> To: Dean, Tim (STP)
    DTS> Subject: Re[2]: [xep-support] Creating "section headers" that repeat
    DTS> after page breaks

    DTS> Hello Tim,

    DTS>> What functionality in particular is missing that I would need to
    DTS>> implement this? According to your documentation, repeatable table
    DTS>> headers should work as long as I specify cells with
    DTS>> keep-together.within-column="always".

    DTS> Yes, this restriction appears because current version of XEP can
    DTS> insert repeating header only after all cells that may be pending from
    DTS> the previous column. This means that if you have no keeps and one cell
    DTS> breaking apart on the page boundary the header will be drawn on the
    DTS> second page only after the end of this cell, not at the top as it
    DTS> should. This is not such a problem with regular tables - usually you
    DTS> just need to keep cells together. However in your case normal solution
    DTS> will looks like this:
    DTS> Create a table with a header and a body (body should have two
    DTS> rows, single column). Write "Section 1" in the first row, place the
    DTS> whole section into the second row. Write something like "Section 1 -
    DTS> continued" in the header and set rx:table-omit-initial-header="true"
    DTS> on the table - this header will appear at the top of the page after
    DTS> every page break.
    DTS> Such a method will work as expected starting from the next major
    DTS> release of XEP.

    DTS>> Is there something else that is unsupported with table headers?

    DTS> Well, I believe that we are going to support everything about table
    DTS> headers in XEP 3.7. :-)
    DTS> In the current version there is a limitation regarding table headers
    DTS> repetition (it is described in our documentation).

    DTS> Best regards,
    DTS> Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    DTS> RenderX

    DTS>> - Tim

    DTS>> -----Original Message-----
    DTS>> From: Alexander Peshkov [mailto:peshkov@renderx.com]
    DTS>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:36 AM
    DTS>> To: Timothy Dean
    DTS>> Subject: Re: [xep-support] Creating "section headers" that repeat after
    DTS>> page breaks

    DTS>> Hello Timothy,

    DTS>> Your task could be accomplished using table header functionality.
    DTS>> Unfortunately current support of the table headers in XEP is
    DTS>> insufficient for your case. We are going to fix table headers
    DTS>> implementation in the next major release.

    DTS>> Best regards,
    DTS>> Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    DTS>> RenderX

    TD>>> I am trying to use XEP to generate a report that is broken into a series of
    TD>>> report sections. Each section needs to have a section header that is
    TD>>> re-printed at the start of a new page if the section spans across page
    TD>>> boundaries.

    TD>>> I'm assuming that I can do this using a table that has a single wide column,
    TD>>> placing my section header content within the <fo:table-header> element. I'm
    TD>>> trying to figure out if it is possible to also have specialized section
    TD>>> header content when a header is reprinted on a new page. For example, I'd
    TD>>> like to have a section header that says something like "Section 1" when it
    TD>>> is first printed, and "Section 1, continued" on the subsequent page.

    TD>>> Any recommendations on how I can accomplish this effect?

    TD>>> Thanks,

    TD>>> - Tim

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