need help with text formatting

[Jignesh Shah <js...@mdnotes.com>]

Hello all,
 
I have finished setting up an xsl file to generate pdf using fop-0.20.4.
The xml which I generate has tags which are populated by text from html
<textarea> tags. These textarea texts preserve all the spaces and the
new line characters.
 
I now want to display this information in pdf as:
 
Item description: <space> this is a new item. It is on sale now. This
item can be used for multipurpose jobs such as gardening, lawn mowing,
tree cutting, tree decorating and other purposes. It has a 30 day
warranty
 
OR
 
Item description: 
1. This is a new item. 
2. It is on sale now
3. This item can be used for multipurpose jobs such as gardening, lawn
mowing, tree cutting, tree decorating and other purposes
4. It has a 30 day warranty
 
As you can see there are two basic requirements:
1)       If the text is starting with a numerical value than use option
2
2)       If the text is starting with an alphabetical value than use
option 1
 
Also the biggest point of consideration is the rolling of text to start
from left margin every time. Our worst case scenario is to start the
<tetxarea> data from the next line for above mentioned options BUT we
still need to achieve the left margin alignment.
 
I have tried using block, Lists and tables but I am not getting the
formatting to start from the left margin. Attached is my xsl file and
xml data file. Can you please look into it and guide me thro this
formatting issue. I am attaching the following files:
1. pnxml: xml file
2. pnxslB: xsl file using blocks
3. pnxslL: xsl file using Lists
4. pnxslT: xsl file using Tables.
 
If you have Fop than you can probably run this as standalone files using
the Fop - xsl <xsl file> -xml <xmlfile> -pdf <out.pdf>
 
Please let me know if you can figure this formatting out. Also I have
attached trial.pdf my output file for your immediate reference.
 
Thanks,
 
Jignesh
 
 

RE: need help with text formatting

[Francisco García Leal <fg...@corpme.es>]

Hello.
 
       In relation with the left margin aligment, you can try to write
the xml file without spaces on the left.
            
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<PatientData>
       <PatientInfo>
             <Note_12>1. This is a new item.
2. It is on sale now
3. This item can be used for multipurpose jobs such as gardening, lawn
mowing, tree cutting, tree decorating and other purposes
4. It has a 30 day warranty
    </Note_12>
             <Note_16>This is a new item. It is on sale now. This item
can be used for multipurpose jobs such as gardening, lawn mowing, tree
cutting, tree decorating and other purposes. It has a 30 day warranty
    </Note_16>
             <Dictator_Signature>sign.jpg</Dictator_Signature>
       </PatientInfo>
</PatientData>
 
       With the white-space-collapse="false" property, you get the
spaces too. I had this problem before and I could fix it.
 
       I hope I can help you.
 
       Bye.
       
 
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Jignesh Shah [mailto:jshah@mdnotes.com] 
Enviado el: lunes, 09 de junio de 2003 19:53
Para: pittjug@yahoogroups.com; fop-user@xml.apache.org;
XSL-FO@egroups.com; XSL-FO@yahoogroups.com
Asunto: need help with text formatting
 
Hello all,
 
I have finished setting up an xsl file to generate pdf using fop-0.20.4.
The xml which I generate has tags which are populated by text from html
<textarea> tags. These textarea texts preserve all the spaces and the
new line characters.
 
I now want to display this information in pdf as:
 
Item description: <space> this is a new item. It is on sale now. This
item can be used for multipurpose jobs such as gardening, lawn mowing,
tree cutting, tree decorating and other purposes. It has a 30 day
warranty
 
OR
 
Item description: 
1. This is a new item. 
2. It is on sale now
3. This item can be used for multipurpose jobs such as gardening, lawn
mowing, tree cutting, tree decorating and other purposes
4. It has a 30 day warranty
 
As you can see there are two basic requirements:
1)       If the text is starting with a numerical value than use option
2
2)       If the text is starting with an alphabetical value than use
option 1
 
Also the biggest point of consideration is the rolling of text to start
from left margin every time. Our worst case scenario is to start the
<tetxarea> data from the next line for above mentioned options BUT we
still need to achieve the left margin alignment.
 
I have tried using block, Lists and tables but I am not getting the
formatting to start from the left margin. Attached is my xsl file and
xml data file. Can you please look into it and guide me thro this
formatting issue. I am attaching the following files:
1. pnxml: xml file
2. pnxslB: xsl file using blocks
3. pnxslL: xsl file using Lists
4. pnxslT: xsl file using Tables.
 
If you have Fop than you can probably run this as standalone files using
the Fop – xsl <xsl file> -xml <xmlfile> -pdf <out.pdf>
 
Please let me know if you can figure this formatting out. Also I have
attached trial.pdf my output file for your immediate reference.
 
Thanks,
 
Jignesh