Forms style headers

["Claes Bergman (BCS)" <Claes.Bergman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

I have just started to explore DSSSL, and have run into some problems.

At Ericsson we use a forms style header in almost every kind of document. I have tried to implement this in DSSSL using Jade 1.2.1 (Windows binary distr., RTF backend, viewed in Word 97).

I tried to put a table in the left header of simple-page-sequence (some newbie code enclosed at the end of post), but the table appeared 4(!) times at the beginning of the area below instead. I have tried with different header margins and table sizes.
When placing  the table outside the header it appears as expected, once :-).

My questions:
1. Is it possible (for someone with more experience) to place a table in the header?
2. If not, is it possible to place a table first on every page by some other means?
3. If I have to represent the header form as graphics (like we do in FOSIs), how do I place text on top of the graphic?

Best Regards
Claes Bergman
Ericsson Business Consulting
claes.bergman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
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(define eri-header-para
   (lambda (i_sosofo)
      (make paragraph
         line-spacing: 6pt
         quadding: 'start
         font-size: 6pt
         font-family-name: "Arial"
         i_sosofo)))

(define (make-header #!optional (nd (current-node)))
   (make table
      table-width: 17cm
      table-border: #t
      (make table-part
         (make table-column)
         (make table-cell
            (make sequence
               (eri-header-para (literal "No."))
               (process-first-descendant (normalize "DOC-NO")))))))
                           
                           
(element SEIF
   (make simple-page-sequence
        page-width: 21cm
        page-height: 29.7cm
        left-margin: 2cm
        right-margin: 2cm
        top-margin: 1cm
        bottom-margin: 2.8cm
        left-header: (make-header)
        (process-children)))                          
                           
   
(element DOC-NO
   (make paragraph
            line-spacing:  8pt
            font-weight:  'bold
            font-posture: 'normal
            font-family-name: "Arial"
            font-size:    8pt
            quadding:     'start))


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