Q: How to define a minimal table length?

["Sander, Stefan" <ss...@microstrategy.com>]

Hello,
 
it has been a while since I last worked with FOP (about three years maybe), but this week I am back at it again... and here comes my problem:
 
I want to create a table layout that displays my data nicely in several columns and over several pages (if necessary) - no problem so far. 
But the table should always end at the bottom of a page, so that the table footer is always displayed at the same position, even if there is just not enough data to fill the page.
 
Any suggestions how i can achieve this?
 
Thanks a lot,
Stefan 

Re: Q: How to define a minimal table length?

[Jeremias Maerki <de...@jeremias-maerki.ch>]

Depending on your layout requirements you can make sure that all your
rows have the same height. You can use the height property for that, or
even better, the block-progression-dimension property, though that's
only available in FOP 0.90alpha1.

If you have differing row heights you're probably a little out of luck.
For one, XSL-FO doesn't allow to vertically distribute content as it's
possible with text-align="justify", though there's some code in FOP 0.90
that allows to create that effect. But without having checked it I doubt
it will work with tables. Tables are somewhat special and currently
can't have adjustable heights.

You might be able to use a trick by using the region-after as footer for
the table.

Without knowing more about your requirements it's a little difficult to
give any more hints, but maybe the above already helps a little. Maybe
someone else has additional ideas.

On 07.12.2005 13:08:14 Sander, Stefan wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> it has been a while since I last worked with FOP (about three years
> maybe), but this week I am back at it again... and here comes my
> problem:
> 
> I want to create a table layout that displays my data nicely in several
> columns and over several pages (if necessary) - no problem so far. 
> But the table should always end at the bottom of a page, so that the
> table footer is always displayed at the same position, even if there is
> just not enough data to fill the page.
>  
> Any suggestions how i can achieve this?
>  
> Thanks a lot,
> Stefan 



Jeremias Maerki


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Re: Q: How to define a minimal table length?

["J.Pietschmann" <j3...@yahoo.de>]

Sander, Stefan wrote:
> I want to create a table layout that displays my data nicely in
> several columns and over several pages (if necessary) - no problem so
> far. But the table should always end at the bottom of a page, so that
> the table footer is always displayed at the same position, even if
> there is just not enough data to fill the page.


I'd try to put the footer content into a region-after rather than
a table footer. If necessary, use a marker in the last table cell
for providing the content. A footnote in the last table cell may
also a solution.

J.Pietschmann

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