[xep-support] block containers and columns

[Robert Goldsmith]

So no ideas on this then? Anyone?

Robert

> Hi everyone :)
>
> My first post and I'm a noob with xsl-fo so this is likely to be an  
> obvious answer I've just not been able to see :)
>
> I'm trying to generate layout for labels and have setup an A4 page  
> with 2 columns and then a block-container for each label, expecting  
> the containers to flow down column one, then down column two of each  
> page before then moving onto a new page.
>
> The xsl is here:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform 
> " xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:rx="http://www.renderx.com/XSL/Extensions 
> ">
> 	<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"/>
> 		
> 	<xsl:template match="/labels">		
> 		<fo:root>
> 			<fo:layout-master-set>
> 				<fo:simple-page-master master-name="A4" page-width="210mm" page- 
> height="296mm" margin-left="2mm" margin-right="2mm" margin-top="8mm"  
> margin-bottom="8mm" >
> 					<fo:region-body region-name="labelBody" margin-top="0mm" margin- 
> bottom="0mm" column-count="2" column-gap="0px"/>
> 				</fo:simple-page-master>
> 			</fo:layout-master-set>
>
> 			<fo:page-sequence master-reference="A4" force-page-count="no- 
> force">
> 				<fo:flow flow-name="labelBody">
> 					<xsl:apply-templates select="/labels/label" />
> 				</fo:flow>
> 			</fo:page-sequence>
>
> 		</fo:root>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	
> 	<xsl:template match="/labels/label">
> 		<fo:block-container font-family="sans-serif" font-size="16pt"  
> height="50mm" text-align="center" padding="10mm" display- 
> align="center" margin="0pt" background-color="blue" keep- 
> together.within-column="always" break-after="auto">
> 			<fo:block margin="1mm"><xsl:value-of select="./line1" /></fo:block>
> 			<fo:block margin="1mm"><xsl:value-of select="./line2" /></fo:block>
> 			<fo:block margin="1mm"><xsl:value-of select="./line3" /></fo:block>
> 			<fo:block margin="1mm"><xsl:value-of select="./line4" /></fo:block>
> 		</fo:block-container>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 		
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> The blue background on the containers is just to help show what is  
> going on :)
>
> And an example of the xml expected is:
>
> <labels>
> 	<label>
> 		<line1>Birmingham</line1>
> 		<line2>SS08 Kids Int</line2>
> 		<line3>Pack 1/1</line3>
> 		<line4>International</line4>
> 	</label>
> </labels>
>
>
> Just repeat the <label> node to generate multiple labels.
>
>
> The problem is that, while on the last page everything behaves as  
> expected, on every other proceeding page XEP only fills the first  
> column.
>
> Can someone please tell me what I'm missing and why this is happening?


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Robert Goldsmith
Systems Integrator
SP Group



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