Re: [xsl] fo:block-container question: Put in different words

[Mukul Gandhi <mukulw3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Abhijit,
 You can explore using SVG.. 

The link for SVG support in PDF is --

http://xml.apache.org/fop/graphics.html#svg

SVG uses XML vocabulary for graphics...

Regards,
Mukul


--- Abhijit Junnare <mavlaabhi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So is there any solution to my problem. To put it in
> simple words I am trying to achieve something like
> this.
> I want to draw a box that contains text. I would
> like
> to place this box in any absolute position in a page
> and then I would like the rest of the content on
> this
> page to the sides of this block. For eg. If I have a
> page that iss 12 cms in height and 10 cms wide. I
> draw
> the box is 4 cm x 4 cm and i place it exactly in the
> center of the page then I will be having about 4 cms
> of continous text flowing above the box, then some
> text flowing to the right and left of the box for
> next
> 4 cms and again about 4 cms of continous text
> flowing
> after the box. So is there any solution for this?
> Also I would be using FOP to generate the PDF so
> need
> something that is implemented in FOP.
> Thanks,
> Abhi
> 
> --- "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > At 2003-09-09 12:50 -0700, Abhijit Junnare wrote:
> > >But I belive that intrusion-displace applies to
> the
> > >block-container object.
> > 
> > Yes, in relation to its interaction with floats.
> > 
> > >I am not using any floats.
> > 
> > Then intrusion-displace= won't help you.
> > 
> > >So is the answer still the same that FOP is not
> > comliant
> > >with this property?
> > 
> > Yes, because FOP doesn't support floats as Jörg
> said
> > quite explicitly.
> > 
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