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At 2012-07-11 13:32 +0200, Geert Bormans wrote:
I have a part list table that I need to show on the odd page of a PDF I think this can be done with markers, but I haven't got the time this morning to write up a working mock-up: (1) - create a page sequence master that alternates the odd page having
a body region for content with the even page having a body region
without content ... this will flow the table on only the odd pages
(2) - in a perimeter region for the even page, create an absolute block
container the same size as odd-page-body-region, and in that container
retrieve, in order, one marker for each diagram that might be
needed by the table
(3) - define all diagram markers as empty
(4) - when flowing the table, put the image associated with content into
that diagram's marker, clearing out the marker when the diagram is
no longer relevantI would prefer something that works with FOP If this can't be done with FOP, please suggest an alternative Your requirement is quite particular ... off the top I cannot think of an alternative. And I haven't tested the above, but I would write my test following those steps. Sadly, having written out the algorithm I worry this won't work because the markers are defined in the flow *after* the page on which you want the images ... I now think the above steps will put the images on the even page *after* the odd page, which is not what you need. You may be out of luck. There is no "look ahead" in XSL-FO ... I can't see a way of knowing what to put on page "n" based on content on page "n+1". No problem with the odd-page-only table flowing ... I just think you can't get the images to work. I hope this helps, even if it isn't a solution, in that I hope it helps to know that there may not be a pure XSL-FO solution. With post-processing you might be able to swap pages in some way ... but I think that would be untenable. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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