I think you've stumbled over a deficiency of FOP. Roland's suggestion is still valid, however, and you should give it some thought.
On 26.05.2003 09:11:33 Zahidul Islam wrote: > i am sorry as i cant explain my situation properly. i have to use more > <fo:block-container> for fixed point positioning. but i want to fixed > the 'top', 'left' and 'width' attribute of the <fo:block-container>. the > 'hieght' of the container will the hieght of the information it > contains. for this purpose i didnt set the 'hieght' attribute of the > <fo:block-container> . unfortunately if i don't set 'hieght' attribute > then nothing is shown. > how can i solve it? pls help. > > Roland Neilands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just make it higher than you expect the content to be. You are limited > to the remaining height of the page of course. > > This is the simplistic answer. If it doesn't help provide some more > detail and/or a small example. > > Cheers, > Roland > -----Original Message----- > From: Zahidul Islam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 May 2003 4:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: dont want to set the height of <fo:block-container> > > > > hello > > for fixed position displaying purpose i used > <fo:block-container position="absolute" top="200px">..... > i have also set the left,height,width attribute of the > <fo:block-container> element. now i dont want to fixed the > height of the block-container ie, the hight will be dependent > on the data it will contain. for this purpose i set all > the attributes of block-container except the height. but > unfortunately i dont get any output. How can i solve it? > pls help me. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
