Re: tables or no tables
On Sep 1, 2006, at 16:27, Rick Roen wrote: Hi, Just FYI: With HTML I could specify a width of a span element and make if right or left aligned, however I don’t know of a way to do this with FOP In principle, all you'd need is an inline-container... but as indicated, these are unfortunately NYI in FOP. :( Cheers, Andreas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: tables or no tables
Niek, I have been using FOP for about six months and I have not found a way better than tables yet. With HTML I could specify a width of a span element and make if right or left aligned, however I don’t know of a way to do this with FOP so I am left with tables. With FOP I don’t think there is the admonition against using tables that there is with CSS. I don’t really understand if from CSS anyway since the fact that tables are still widely used for layout demonstrates that they are a practical way of achieving a layout goal. I’ll be interested to see if some other user has some practical alternative. Regards, Rick From: Niek van Elck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 7:13 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: tables or no tables Dear FOP users, I’m quite new to the xsl-fo subject, allthough i have build a couple of pdf reports using xsl-fo. I have encountered some limitations on fo:table The book xsl-fo from o’reilly says there are so many other ways to represent data than the use of tables. The only thing missing is what the other ways are.. Is there anyone who can push me in the right direction? Many thanks in advance. Niek van Elck
Re: tables or no tables
On Sep 1, 2006, at 16:12, Niek van Elck wrote: I’m quite new to the xsl-fo subject, allthough i have build a couple of pdf reports using xsl-fo. I have encountered some limitations on fo:table The book xsl-fo from o’reilly says there are so many other ways to represent data than the use of tables. The only thing missing is what the other ways are.. Absolute-positioned block-containers, inline-containers(*), list- blocks... Really depends on what the precise requirements are. What limitations are bugging you exactly? (*) inline-containers are currently not yet implemented in FOP Is there anyone who can push me in the right direction? Well, did I? If not, it would help us if you could be more precise about the intended result. I'm sure there are a lot of people around here who would gladly offer you examples. HTH! Andreas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
