fop - problem....

[Hans Raber]

hi everyone!

i have a problem with xsl/fop (within the cocoon environment,
apache-fop is used for rendering the pdf):

the target is a pdf looking like this:
+---------------+
| text1 |
| height: 3cm |
| |
+---------------+
| text2 |
| height: 3cm |
| |
+---------------+

i tried the following code:

<fo:block-container height="3cm" width="5cm" background-color="blue">
<fo:block>lin e 1</fo:block>
</fo:block-container>

<fo:block-container height="3cm" width="5cm" background-color="green">
<fo:block>lin e 2</fo:block>
</fo:block-container>


the result has a width of 5cm, but is just as high as the font is.

does anyone know how i can have a fixed height for elements?
(the above example works when i add the position="absol ute" attribute,
however, i'd prefer relative positioning)

regards,
hans.

[Johannes Koch]

Re: fop - problem....

Hans Raber wrote:[color=blue]
> i tried the following code:
>
> <fo:block-container height="3cm" width="5cm" background-color="blue">
> <fo:block>lin e 1</fo:block>
> </fo:block-container>[/color]

Have a look at <http://xml.apache.org/fop/compliance.html > for FOP's
support for block-container.
--
Johannes Koch
In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
(Te Deum, 4th cent.)

[Hans Raber]

Re: fop - problem....

Johannes Koch <koch@w3develop ment.de> wrote in message news:<bv2nt3$n8 vda$1@ID-61067.news.uni-berlin.de>...
[color=blue]
> Have a look at <http://xml.apache.org/fop/compliance.html > for FOP's
> support for block-container.[/color]

thanks :)
clears things up....

for those who are interested:
to achieve my target i now use a table (table-cell supports the height
attribute and does not require absolute positioning)