[xsl] XSL-FO alignment

["Kamal Bhatt" <kbhatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
I am new to FO, so bare with me.

I have the following XSL-FO script:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";>
  <fo:layout-master-set>
    <fo:simple-page-master page-width="21cm" page-height="29.7"
master-name="all">
      <fo:region-body margin-left="2.54cm" margin-right="2.54cm"
                      margin-bottom="2.54cm" margin-top="2.54cm"/>
      <fo:region-before extent="1.27cm" />
      <fo:region-after extent="1.27cm" />
    </fo:simple-page-master>
  </fo:layout-master-set>
  <fo:page-sequence master-reference="all">
    <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
      <fo:block space-after="6pt" font-weight="bold" font-family="Times"
font-size="14pt" keep-with-next="always"                          
break-before="page">
        Get Booking Request
      </fo:block>
      <fo:block space-before="6pt" font-family="times" font-size="12pt"
space-after="6pt">
        This request is used to retrieve an existing booking or quote.
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
        blah blah blah blah blah

      </fo:block>
      <fo:block font-family="Courier" font-size="10pt" space-before="6pt"
space-after="6pt" text-align="left"
                border-style="solid" border-width="0.25pt"
                padding-left="4pt" padding-right="4pt" padding-top="6pt"
padding-bottom="6pt" line-height="15pt">
        <fo:block>&lt;CalypsoRequest&gt;&#xA;</fo:block>
        <fo:block>&#160;&#160;&lt;Request&gt;&#xA;</fo:block>
        <fo:block>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&lt;GetBookingRQ Company="AU"
BookingNumber="012345"/&gt;&#160;</fo:block>
        <fo:block>&#160;&#160;&lt;/Request&gt;&#xA;</fo:block>
        <fo:block>&lt;/CalypsoRequest&gt;&#xA;</fo:block>
      </fo:block>
      <fo:block>&#xA;</fo:block>
      <fo:table font-family="Times" font-size="12pt"
                table-layout="fixed" space-after="12pt" space-before="6pt"
                padding-top="6pt" padding-bottom="6pt">
          <fo:table-column column-width="1.94cm"/>
          <fo:table-column column-width="14.97cm"/>
          <fo:table-body>
            <fo:table-row>
              <fo:table-cell number-columns-spanned="2"
border-color="black" border-width="0.75pt"
border-style="solid"
                             padding-left="3pt" padding-right="3pt"
padding-bottom="3pt" padding-top="3pt">
                <fo:block font-weight="bold">
                  GetBookingRQ
                </fo:block>
	      </fo:table-cell>
	    </fo:table-row>
        </fo:table-body>
      </fo:table>
    </fo:flow>
  </fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>

Firstly, I would am still confused about the difference between
space-before and padding-before and padding-top. If someone could explain
that to me, that would be great.

Secondly, I would like the table aligned with the border of block before
it. Yes, I am aware the table is too long, but as it is not even starting
at the right point right now, that does not bother me as much.

I am using the version of FOP that comes with cocoon-2.1.9. Thanks.

Kamal.



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