Re: [xsl] the fo:block thing

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2003-01-13 12:52 +0200, Matts Isuls wrote:
> Just started with fo.

Welcome!

> I have this cell in a table. ... The thing is that is always have to use 
> two lines. How do i do this?

This was important for me when developing stylesheets for use with the 
Universal Business Language (UBL) documents.  Each field on the form has a 
prescribed location and size, yet the information in each field varies, so 
I couldn't rely on the number of lines of text.

I ended up using a block container within the table-cell.  This required me 
to set the block container to a multiple of the number of lines, but 
remember that the default line-height is implementation dependent, so I had 
to then explicitly set the line-height so that my multiplier worked.

In the example below I have font-size="10pt" line-height="1.1" which means 
that two lines will take up 22pt, so each cell has <block-container 
height="22pt"> to force a two-line height.

I hope this helps.

......................... Ken


<flow flow-name="frame-body" font-family="Times" font-size="10pt" 
line-height="1.1">

  <block>This is a test</block>
  <table>
    <table-column column-width="5cm"/>
    <table-column column-width="5cm"/>
    <table-column column-width="5cm"/>
    <table-body>
      <table-row>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>Short line</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>Short line</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>Short line</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
      </table-row>
      <table-row>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>A longer line with enough information for two rows.</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>A longer line with enough information for two rows.</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>A longer line with enough information for two rows.</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
      </table-row>
      <table-row>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>Short line</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>Short line</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>Short line</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
      </table-row>
      <table-row>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>A longer line with enough information for two rows.</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>A longer line with enough information for two rows.</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
        <table-cell>
          <block-container height="22pt">
            <block>A longer line with enough information for two rows.</block>
          </block-container>
        </table-cell>
      </table-row>
    </table-body>
  </table>

</flow>


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