Re: [docbook-apps] Finding a position in a FO file based on FOP's"see position" message

[Peter Desjardins <peter.desjardins.us@gmail.com>]

Thanks! That worked perfectly.

Peter

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:31 PM, DeanNelson <deannelson@aol.com> wrote:
> That refers to the line number:character postion. Trying to make sense of
> the FO output is a nightmare unless you reformat the FO before running it
> into FOP.
>
> The way I do it is to use XMLLINT to reformat. Here is how I set up the
> call:
> xmllint --nonet --noent --nowarning --version --timing --format -o
> myfile.xml myfile.fo.xml
>
> Then process the myfile.fo.xml with FOP and get a new line:character set and
> look that up in myfile.fo.xml
>
> This should get you the info you need.
>
> (of course, this is integrated into my scripts/batch files so all I need to
> do is "-f" and get the reformatted output.)
>
> Regards,
> Dean Nelson
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/21/10 13:59:28 Pacific Standard Time,
> peter.desjardins.us@gmail.com writes:
>
> Hi.
>
> I'm using FOP 1.0 to create PDFs. One of my FO files has a problem
> with a table that results in this message:
>
>  [java] org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: The column-number or
> number of cells
>  in the row overflows the number of fo:table-columns specified for
> the table. (See position 769:2126)
>
> I want to find the spot in the FO file so I can trace it back to the
> DocBook elements that cause the problem. What do the numbers 769:2126
> refer to? The FO file is one long line so it's not a line and column
> reference.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Peter
>
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