RE: stacking

Hi Dariusch,
	I have used the space-before.optimum="4.1cm" for the second block
and works perfectly with FOP 0.20.1
See the attached FO and PDF.

					Fabio

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dariusch Bagheri [mailto:Dariusch.Bagheri@gwi-ag.com]
> Sent: 10 October 2001 11:56
> To: 'www-xsl-fo@w3c.org'
> Subject: stacking
> 
> 
> Hi,
> suppose a layout for letters, where the address appears at an absolute
> position on the first page, and text should start at some 
> point beneath this
> address box. 
> 
> For the address box the block-container element seems to be 
> appropriate, but
> text put in a block overwrites the content of the block-container:
> 
> <fo:block-container abs.pos.spec. >
>   adress here
> </fo:block-container>
> <fo:block>
>   and text here
> </fo:block>
> 
> 
> Using fop 0.20.1 it is not possible to enclose the address 
> block-container
> with another block like this
> 
> <fo:block>
>   <fo:block-container abs.pos.spec.>
> 	adress here
>   </fo:block-container>
> </fo:block>
> <fo:block>
> 	and text here
> </fo:block>
> 
> Even though the content definition for block elements allows for
> block-containers. Putting the text in another block-container 
> or specifying
> the space-before attribute do not work. In the first case the 
> text will not
> flow onto the next page if long enough; in the second the 
> space-before is
> applied at the beginning of every new page.
> 
> Has anyone an idea? 
> 
> Here is a simple prototype example illustrating this issue. 
> It should be
> rendered to pdf by fop 0.20.1 without errors.
> 
> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
> 
>   <fo:layout-master-set>
>     <fo:simple-page-master    master-name   = "DIN A4"
>                               page-width    = "210mm"  
>                               page-height   = "297mm"
>                               margin-top    = "5mm"  
>                               margin-bottom = "5mm"
>                               margin-left   = "5mm" 
>                               margin-right  = "5mm"
>     >
>        <fo:region-before      extent        = "10mm"
>        />
>        <fo:region-body        margin-top    = "10mm" 
>                               margin-bottom = "10mm"
>        />
>        <fo:region-after       extent        = "10mm"/>
>     </fo:simple-page-master>
> 
>     <fo:page-sequence-master  master-name   = "Pages">
>       <fo:repeatable-page-master-reference
>                               master-name   = "DIN A4"
>       />
>     </fo:page-sequence-master>
>   </fo:layout-master-set>
> 
>   <fo:page-sequence           master-name   = "Pages">
>                               initial-page-number = "1"   
>   >
> 
>     <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
> 
>       <fo:block-container     height    = "4cm" 
>                               width     = "20cm" 
>                               top       = "0cm" 
>                               left      = "0cm" 
>                               position  ="absolute"
>                               border-top-style    = "solid"
>                               border-bottom-style = "solid"
>                               border-start-style  = "solid"
>                               border-end-style    = "solid"
>       >
>         <fo:block font-size="36pt">
>           the content of the block-container should not be 
> overwritten!
>         </fo:block>
>       </fo:block-container>
>   
>       <fo:block>
>         this text should appear beneath the block-container!!
>       </fo:block>
>   
>     </fo:flow>
> 
>   </fo:page-sequence>
> 
> </fo:root>
> 
> regards
> dariusch
>