Re: [docbook-apps] PDF - working with tables in FO

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

The header.table template in fo/pagesetup.xsl has an example
of using proportional-column-width().

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek Hohls" <DHohls@csir.co.za>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>; <bobs@sagehill.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] PDF - working with tables in FO


> Bob
> 
> How would I go about using this... and, also, how
> and where do I set an instruction such that a table
> does not occupy the *entire* width of the page, when
> there is only a small width of data in it (along the lines
> of the way it works in HTML, where the table is sized
> to fit the data).
> 
> Thanks
> Derek
> 
> >>> "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net> 2004/01/15 07:53:31 PM >>>
> With FOP, you need to use the proportional-column-widths() function
> instead of percentages.  FOP just doesn't do percentages in tables.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Derek Hohls" <DHohls@csir.co.za>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:17 AM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] PDF - working with tables in FO
> 
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I am trying to customize the title "page" (header, really) layout
> > for my PDF documents.
> >
> > I have tried starting with example 11.10 provided in Bob's book
> > (see:  http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/TitlePagePrint.html)
> > but I get the following errors:
> >
> > [ERROR] Error in inline-progression-dimension property value '100%':
> > org.apache
> > fop.fo.expr.PropertyException: No conversion defined
> > [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '50%':
> > org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Prop
> > rtyException: No conversion defined
> > [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '50%':
> > org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Prop
> > rtyException: No conversion defined
> >
> > What is the story with % - should some other units be used, or
> > does this example work under some circumstances?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Derek
> >
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