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FOP commands to XSL
hi all,
Good Day!!!
i am really new to this thus the experimentation. i wanted to create
tables that are side by side each other like on a page i have 5 tables
aligned side by side with each other... am really not sure how this is
done but as far as reading is concerned i came across block-
containers property i was wondering if you could help me convert
these lines FO to XSL lines
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<fo:block-container border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-
width=".5mm" height="0.5cm" width="8.95
cm" top="3cm" left="0cm" padding=".6mm" position="absolute">
<fo:block text-align="start" line-height="14pt" font-
family="sans-serif" font-size="12pt">
SOLD TO
</fo:block>
</fo:block-container>
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i just found those lines in the example/fo/basic/border.fo file which
clearly works on this url
http://www.chpii.com:8080/fop?fo=/usr/local/fop/examples/fo/basic/b
order.fo
now since we are getting data from a dynamic source the approach
was to create an XML file then use the XSL file to translate the XML
file then further convert it to PDF file
inside the XSL file i tried this but didn't work
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<xsl:template match="block_table">
<fo:block-container border-color="black"
border-style="solid"
border-width=".5mm"
height="0.5cm"
width="8.95cm"
top="3cm"
left="0cm"
padding=".6mm"
position="absolute">
<fo:block text-align="start"
line-height="14pt"
font-family="sans-serif"
font-size="12pt">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
</fo:block-container>
</xsl:template>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
inside the XML file i tried
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<block_table>
this is a test
</block_table>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
but the browser gave me the error
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Failed To Execute Pipeline
org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Failed to execute
pipeline.: java.lang.RuntimeException:
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.fop.layout.BlockArea
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
hope you could help me in this endeavor... all the best!!
pal,
benjohn
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Re: tables question
Posted by "Benjohn P. Villedo" <bv...@chpii.com>.
hi all,
Good Day!!!
thanks for giving me that bright idea i was able to achieve what i
wanted... hmm... i shouldn't have looked at at block-container in the
first place it made me all the more confused hehehe :-) here is what
i did though....
using the existing xsl-fo "table" tag i omitted the <p></p> of the table
cell in the xml file thus giving me this
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<table>
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<colspec colname="col2" colwidth="2in"/>
<colspec colname="col3" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"> </entry>
<entry colnum="2" valign="top"> </entry>
<entry colnum="3" valign="top"> </entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
then inserted this table inside each column
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<block_table>
<tgroup cols="1">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test</p></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</block_table>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
which now looked like this
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<table>
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<colspec colname="col2" colwidth="2in"/>
<colspec colname="col3" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top">
<block_table>
<tgroup cols="1">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test row 1</p></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test row 2</p></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test row 3</p></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</block_table>
</entry>
<entry colnum="2" valign="top">
<block_table>
<tgroup cols="1">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test 2</p></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</block_table>
</entry>
<entry colnum="3" valign="top">
<block_table>
<tgroup cols="1">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test 3</p></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</block_table>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
this one worked :-) thanks once more for the patience in teaching
me this technique... all the best!!!
pal,
benjohn
On 15 Mar 2004 at 4:04, J.Pietschmann wrote:
> Benjohn P. Villedo wrote:
> > i came across this property tag
> > <fo:table absolute-position="absolute" left="1in" top="2in">
> > and tried to implement it however the tables still don't get
> > horizontally aligned with each other
>
> Absolut positioning isn't implemented for tables.
> Use another blind table and put your for tables in it.
>
> J.Pietschmann
>
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Re: tables question
Posted by "J.Pietschmann" <j3...@yahoo.de>.
Benjohn P. Villedo wrote:
> i came across this property tag
> <fo:table absolute-position="absolute" left="1in" top="2in">
> and tried to implement it however the tables still don't get
> horizontally aligned with each other
Absolut positioning isn't implemented for tables.
Use another blind table and put your for tables in it.
J.Pietschmann
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RE: tables question
Posted by "Benjohn P. Villedo" <bv...@chpii.com>.
hi there all,
Good Day!!!
i came across this property tag
<fo:table absolute-position="absolute" left="1in" top="2in">
and tried to implement it however the tables still don't get
horizontally aligned with each other
on the .xsl file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<xsl:template match="table">
<fo:table width="2in"
table-layout="fixed"
absolute-position="absolute"
left="1in"
top="2in">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="table2">
<fo:table width="2in"
table-layout="fixed"
absolute-position="absolute"
left="3.5in"
top="2in">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="table3">
<fo:table width="2in"
table-layout="fixed"
absolute-position="absolute"
left="6in"
top="2in">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:table>
</xsl:template>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
now on the .xml file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<block_table>
<tgroup cols="1">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test </p></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<block_table2>
<tgroup cols="1">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test 2 </p></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<block_table3>
<tgroup cols="1">
<colspec colname="col1" colwidth="2in"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry colnum="1" valign="top"><p>test 3</p></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
however, instead the output becomes horizontally aligned, they turn
out to become still vertically aligned... hmm i thought i had the
solution already... hope to hear again from you all thanks... all the
best!!!
pal,
benjohn
On 13 Mar 2004 at 15:06, Andreas L. Delmelle wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Benjohn P. Villedo [mailto:bvilledo@chpii.com]
> > >
> > > i was wondering if anyone could teach me the easiest way to
> > output 3 to 4 tables that are
> > > horizontally aligned with each other... hmm am so lost in this
> > XSL-FO thingy though i am able to
> > > print tables but they are in vertical alignment.... if possible
> > it would be like
> > >
> > > ______ ______ ______ ______
> > > |table 1| |table 2| |table 3| |table 4|
> > >
>
> Hi,
>
> Can you create a phantom table for this with 4 columns? Each of the columns
> contains one of the above specified tables...
>
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andreas
>
>
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RE: tables question
Posted by "Andreas L. Delmelle" <a_...@pandora.be>.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjohn P. Villedo [mailto:bvilledo@chpii.com]
> >
> > i was wondering if anyone could teach me the easiest way to
> output 3 to 4 tables that are
> > horizontally aligned with each other... hmm am so lost in this
> XSL-FO thingy though i am able to
> > print tables but they are in vertical alignment.... if possible
> it would be like
> >
> > ______ ______ ______ ______
> > |table 1| |table 2| |table 3| |table 4|
> >
Hi,
Can you create a phantom table for this with 4 columns? Each of the columns
contains one of the above specified tables...
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Andreas
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Re: tables question
Posted by "Benjohn P. Villedo" <bv...@chpii.com>.
i forgot to mention the process of conversion its
XML -> XSL <-> FOP -> PDF
thanks in advance...
- same
> hi all,
>
> Good Day!!!
>
> i was wondering if anyone could teach me the easiest way to output 3 to 4 tables that are
> horizontally aligned with each other... hmm am so lost in this XSL-FO thingy though i am able to
> print tables but they are in vertical alignment.... if possible it would be like
>
> ______ ______ ______ ______
> |table 1| |table 2| |table 3| |table 4|
>
> appreciate any help out there... all the best!!!
>
> pal,
> benjohn
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tables question
Posted by "Benjohn P. Villedo" <bv...@chpii.com>.
hi all,
Good Day!!!
i was wondering if anyone could teach me the easiest way to output
3 to 4 tables that are horizontally aligned with each other... hmm am
so lost in this XSL-FO thingy though i am able to print tables but
they are in vertical alignment.... if possible it would be like
______ ______ ______ ______
|table 1| |table 2| |table 3| |table 4|
appreciate any help out there... all the best!!!
pal,
benjohn
Re: FOP commands to XSL
Posted by Chris Bowditch <bo...@hotmail.com>.
Benjohn P. Villedo wrote:
<snip/>
> but the browser gave me the error
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Failed To Execute Pipeline
> org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Failed to execute
> pipeline.: java.lang.RuntimeException:
> java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.fop.layout.BlockArea
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> hope you could help me in this endeavor... all the best!!
ClassCastException can occur when working when block-containers if the
block-container is not a direct descendent of the flow element. This is
simply a limitation of FOP. You will need to change your XSL stylesheet
to make sure the block-container appears only as a direct descendent of
the flow element. As Andreas suggested, to help you in this task you may
need to output the intermediate XSL-FO. See below link on how to do this
from XML and XSL files:
http://xml.apache.org/fop/running.html#check-input
Chris
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RE: FOP commands to XSL
Posted by "Andreas L. Delmelle" <a_...@pandora.be>.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjohn P. Villedo [mailto:bvilledo@chpii.com]
>
<snip />
>
> but the browser gave me the error
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Failed To Execute Pipeline
> org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Failed to execute
> pipeline.: java.lang.RuntimeException:
> java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.fop.layout.BlockArea
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> hope you could help me in this endeavor... all the best!!
>
At first glance there seems to be nothing intrinsically wrong with your
code...
Can you perform the transformation in a separate step for debugging, and
post us the resulting FO (or a minimized version)?
Cheers,
Andreas
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