On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 09:41 -0500, Eliot Kimber wrote:
> One way to do it might be to wrap the content of the column you want to 
> be dynamic within fo:inline with a keep-together.within-line="always". 
> This should disallow breaking of the line. By then using automatic table 
> layout, you should get what you want, at least for that line.
> 
> Another solution is to create an XSLT extension function that can 
> estimate the rendered length of the content and then use that estimate 
> to set the column width. I've done this in Java using the standard Java 
> graphics API. It requires that you know the current font and font size 
> (which presumably you can know if you're generating the output), but the 
> programming was relatively easy, if memory serves (I don't have the code 
> to hand).
> 
> Otherwise there is direct way to do what you want.

Thanks for the input.  Unfortunately I'm using fop to render the pdf and
the auto table-layout isn't currently supported.  I'll give the
extension function a go.  If any other ideas pop up, please let me
know! 

Thanks,
Luke