yes, sorry. i meen thought, not think:). i think  that it is possible in
automatic mode when i write the first message:)
thanks for help!

Mario Madunic wrote:
> 
> I'm guessing since no one else has replied maybe there is no automatic way
> of doing it at the moment. Maybe someone has written an extension for it.
> I do see that balancing columns is part of next FO spec (I think 2.0).
> 
> Sorry couldn't be much more help.
> 
> Marijan (Mario) Madunic
> Publishing Specialist
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lexa2009 [mailto:myworkac...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:26 AM
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> Subject: RE: How to balance table columns?
> 
> 
> thx. yes, but i also need to know the length of each string, the length in
> mm
> of each character, the length of column to know when they break in two or
> more lines :) i think is is possible in automatic mode :)
> 
> 
> 
> Mario Madunic wrote:
>> 
>> Sorry for it to make more sense here is the xpath I would test
>> 
>> $var/child::*[position() lt count($var//child::*)/2 + 1]
>> $var/child::*[position() gt count($var//child::*)/2]
>> 
>> Marijan (Mario) Madunic
>> Publishing Specialist
>> New Flyer Industries
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mario Madunic [mailto:mario_madu...@newflyer.com] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:50 AM
>> To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org
>> Subject: RE: How to balance table columns?
>> 
>> You might want to post this up on the XSLT list.
>> 
>> So here is how I would do it
>> 
>> First is create a temp node variable containing all the left and right
>> strings as child of the var. Get a count of the child nodes (left and
>> right) divide by two (round up or down your choice) then create the table
>> and copy-of/apply-templates to child::*[position() lt half + 1] and for
>> the right side child::*[position() gt half] in the left and right table
>> cells accordingly. Now that is not exact without testing and is only an
>> outline but I hope it give you a general idea of how it might be done.
>> 
>> Marijan (Mario) Madunic
>> Publishing Specialist
>> New Flyer Industries
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lexa2009 [mailto:myworkac...@gmail.com] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:59 AM
>> To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org
>> Subject: How to balance table columns?
>> 
>> 
>> Hello!
>> for example i have a simple table with 2 columns. like this:
>> 
>> leftstring1  rightstring1
>> leftstring2  rightstring2
>> leftstring3  rightstring3
>> leftstring4  rightstring4
>> leftstring5
>> leftstring6
>> 
>> i do not know how many of each string will be, but i want this table
>> 
>> leftstring1  leftstring6
>> leftstring2  rightstring1
>> leftstring3  rightstring2
>> leftstring4  rightstring3
>> leftstring5  rightstring4
>> 
>> how to balance columns? how to make table of smallest height?
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