On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 11:50, Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Earl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi James, > > > I'm not sure if I'm doing this right... but the following gave > > acceptable results: > > > <snip /> > > Total: 53 > > > > So far, you're on the right track, but... > > > Calculations: > > > > 1. (20 / 53) * 33 = 12.5 (e.g. proportional-column-width(12.5)) > > 2. (10 / 53) * 43 = 8.1 > > 3. (5 / 53) * 48 = 4.5 > > 4. (1 / 53) * 52 = 0.9 > > 5. (11 / 53) * 42 = 8.7 > > 6. (6 / 53) * 47 = 5.3 > > > > Errm... Actually, what I meant was (for a table with total width of, say > 160mm) > > 1. (20 / 53) * 160mm = 60.38mm (= proportional-column-width(20)) > 2. (10 / 53) * 160mm = 30.19mm (= proportional-column-width(10)) > etc. > > The ratio between the two first columns is always 2 to 1 (between the first > and third it will be 4 to 1, second to third again 2 to 1...) and this ratio > will remain the same, regardless of the width the parent table has. The > ratio between the width of a given column and the total width of the table > is always > > ( proportion of the column ) to ( sum of all proportions ) > > > The idea is to determine the proportions based on the max number of > characters in the content of the column. Kind of a forced idea, though... > It's not always guaranteed that, because content in column A is maximum 20 > characters while column B has a maximum of 15, the respective columns will > have a 4 to 3 ratio (--if you're using a proportional font, for example, in > column A the maximum of 20 could refer to 20 letters 'i', while the other > column has 15 letters 'M' that will take up more space) > > Anyway, look at it this way: at XSLT stage, *you* can anticipate things like > these, without FOP ever needing to know anything about the actual content of > the table-cells. > > > Hope this makes it even clearer :)
Yes, this is definitely clearer. With a table width of a 100% it's just a little easier. This is working very well for me now. Thanks for all your help! James > > Cheers, > > Andreas > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
