tables or no tables

[Niek van Elck <ni...@netsetup.nl>]

Dear FOP users,

 

I'm quite new to the xsl-fo subject, allthough i have build a couple of pdf
reports using xsl-fo. 

 

I have encountered some limitations on fo:table

The book xsl-fo from o'reilly says there are so many other ways to represent
data than the use of tables. The only thing missing is what the other ways
are.. 

 

Is there anyone who can push me in the right direction?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Niek van Elck

 

 

 

Re: tables or no tables

[Andreas L Delmelle <a_...@pandora.be>]

On Sep 1, 2006, at 16:12, Niek van Elck wrote:

> I’m quite new to the xsl-fo subject, allthough i have build a  
> couple of pdf reports using xsl-fo.
>
>
>
> I have encountered some limitations on fo:table
>
> The book xsl-fo from o’reilly says there are so many other ways to  
> represent data than the use of tables. The only thing missing is  
> what the other ways are..
Absolute-positioned block-containers, inline-containers(*), list- 
blocks...

Really depends on what the precise requirements are.
What limitations are bugging you exactly?

(*) inline-containers are currently not yet implemented in FOP
> Is there anyone who can push me in the right direction?

Well, did I? If not, it would help us if you could be more precise  
about the intended result. I'm sure there are a lot of people around  
here who would gladly offer you examples.


HTH!

Andreas
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Re: tables or no tables

[Andreas L Delmelle <a_...@pandora.be>]

On Sep 1, 2006, at 16:27, Rick Roen wrote:

Hi,

Just FYI:
> With HTML I could specify a width of a span element and make if  
> right or left aligned, however I don’t know of a way to do this  
> with FOP

In principle, all you'd need is an inline-container... but as  
indicated, these are unfortunately NYI in FOP. :(


Cheers,

Andreas
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RE: tables or no tables

[Rick Roen <Ri...@LakeValleySeed.com>]

Niek,

 

I have been using FOP for about six months and I have not found a way better
than tables yet.

 

With HTML I could specify a width of a span element and make if right or
left aligned, however I don't know of a way to do this with FOP so I am left
with tables.

 

With FOP I don't think there is the admonition against using tables that
there is with CSS.  I don't really understand if from CSS anyway since the
fact that tables are still widely used for layout demonstrates that they are
a practical way of achieving a layout goal.

 

I'll be interested to see if some other user has some practical alternative.

 

Regards,

 

Rick

 

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From: Niek van Elck [mailto:niek@netsetup.nl] 
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 7:13 AM
To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org
Subject: tables or no tables

 

Dear FOP users,

 

I'm quite new to the xsl-fo subject, allthough i have build a couple of pdf
reports using xsl-fo. 

 

I have encountered some limitations on fo:table

The book xsl-fo from o'reilly says there are so many other ways to represent
data than the use of tables. The only thing missing is what the other ways
are.. 

 

Is there anyone who can push me in the right direction?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Niek van Elck