AW: stacking

Hi Fabio,

your solution works on the first page but the text will have a
space-before="4.1cm" on every new page! Multiply the lines in the block and
you will see. 

I experimented with different attributes but couldn't get it right. I
finally came across the possibility of putting the block-container into the
block and leaving the rest to the rendering process, which, as i thought,
would apply the stacking strategies mentioned in "4.2.5 Stacking
Constraints" (XSL Ver. 1, 28.8.2001). But fop quits the process with errors
and i am not sure, wether this is a bug or my misinterpretation of the xsl
specs.

regards
dariusch


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Giannetti, Fabio [mailto:Fabio_Giannetti@hplb.hpl.hp.com]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2001 13:08
> An: 'www-xsl-fo@w3c.org'
> Betreff: 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
> > 
> 
>

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