Re: [xep-support] block containers and columns

On 15/01/2008, Robert Goldsmith <robert.goldsmith@spgroup.co.uk> wrote:
> So no ideas on this then? Anyone?

Columns insufficiently wide for the content?
Suggest remove all the specific sizing, then add it until
you see where the problems lay?

HTH

>
> Robert
>
> > Hi everyone :)
> >
> > My first post and I'm a noob with xsl-fo so this is likely to be an
> > obvious answer I've just not been able to see :)
> >
> > I'm trying to generate layout for labels and have setup an A4 page
> > with 2 columns and then a block-container for each label, expecting
> > the containers to flow down column one, then down column two of each
> > page before then moving onto a new page.
> >
> > The xsl is here:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform
> > " xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:rx="http://www.renderx.com/XSL/Extensions
> > ">
> > <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"/>
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/labels">
> > <fo:root>
> > <fo:layout-master-set>
> > <fo:simple-page-master master-name="A4" page-width="210mm" page-
> > height="296mm" margin-left="2mm" margin-right="2mm" margin-top="8mm"
> > margin-bottom="8mm" >
> > <fo:region-body region-name="labelBody" margin-top="0mm" margin-
> > bottom="0mm" column-count="2" column-gap="0px"/>
> > </fo:simple-page-master>
> > </fo:layout-master-set>
> >
> > <fo:page-sequence master-reference="A4" force-page-count="no-
> > force">
> > <fo:flow flow-name="labelBody">
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="/labels/label" />
> > </fo:flow>
> > </fo:page-sequence>
> >
> > </fo:root>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/labels/label">
> > <fo:block-container font-family="sans-serif" font-size="16pt"
> > height="50mm" text-align="center" padding="10mm" display-
> > align="center" margin="0pt" background-color="blue" keep-
> > together.within-column="always" break-after="auto">
> > <fo:block margin="1mm"><xsl:value-of select="./line1" /></fo:block>
> > <fo:block margin="1mm"><xsl:value-of select="./line2" /></fo:block>
> > <fo:block margin="1mm"><xsl:value-of select="./line3" /></fo:block>
> > <fo:block margin="1mm"><xsl:value-of select="./line4" /></fo:block>
> > </fo:block-container>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> > The blue background on the containers is just to help show what is
> > going on :)
> >
> > And an example of the xml expected is:
> >
> > <labels>
> > <label>
> > <line1>Birmingham</line1>
> > <line2>SS08 Kids Int</line2>
> > <line3>Pack 1/1</line3>
> > <line4>International</line4>
> > </label>
> > </labels>
> >
> >
> > Just repeat the <label> node to generate multiple labels.
> >
> >
> > The problem is that, while on the last page everything behaves as
> > expected, on every other proceeding page XEP only fills the first
> > column.
> >
> > Can someone please tell me what I'm missing and why this is happening?
>
>
> ---
> Robert Goldsmith
> Systems Integrator
> SP Group
>
>
>
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