[xsl] Forcing a blank page

Subject: [xsl] Forcing a blank page
From: Brandon Ibach <brandon.ibach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:53:19 -0400
Greetings,

I'm attempting to force a certain page in a page-sequence (say, the
third), to be blank.  This is not dependent on the content, so the
break-before and break-after properties will not be useful.  The
technique I've chosen is to create a page-sequence-master with 3
single-page-master-reference elements, referencing my right-hand,
left-hand and blank page masters, respectively, followed by a
repeatable-page-master-alternatives to cover remaining pages in the
sequence.

The problem is that I can't get the formatter (Antenna House XSL
Formatter V4.3 MR6a for Windows) to leave the page blank.  I've tried
having no region-body in the simple-page-master, but it fails with
"fo:region-body is not given" (which I expected, since the spec
requires a region-body).  Giving the region-body a different
region-name fails with 'Unassigned flow: flow-name="xsl-region-body"'.
 Adjusting the margins on either the region-body or the
simple-page-master to have zero available space still causes at least
some content to be placed on the page, whether overflow is left at
"auto" or set to "hidden" or "repeat", though setting it to
"error-if-overflow" does cause an error, as it should.

Any suggestions on how to convince the formatter that it should not
try to place any flow content on this page?

Thanks!

-Brandon :)

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