At 2012-07-11 13:32 +0200, Geert Bormans wrote:
I have a part list table that I need to show on the odd page of a PDF
I have an image that goes with the part list, that I have to show on
the even page.
In case the table breaks over multiple pages, I need to keep the
table on the odd pages only
and I need to repeat the image on each opposite even page.
Does anyone have an idea on how to do this?
I think this can be done with markers, but I haven't got the time
this morning to write up a working mock-up:
(1) - create a page sequence master that alternates the odd page having
a body region for content with the even page having a body region
without content ... this will flow the table on only the odd pages
(2) - in a perimeter region for the even page, create an absolute block
container the same size as odd-page-body-region, and in that container
retrieve, in order, one marker for each diagram that might be
needed by the table
(3) - define all diagram markers as empty
(4) - when flowing the table, put the image associated with content into
that diagram's marker, clearing out the marker when the diagram is
no longer relevant
I would prefer something that works with FOP
If this can't be done with FOP, please suggest an alternative
Your requirement is quite particular ... off the top I cannot think
of an alternative. And I haven't tested the above, but I would write
my test following those steps.
Sadly, having written out the algorithm I worry this won't work
because the markers are defined in the flow *after* the page on which
you want the images ... I now think the above steps will put the
images on the even page *after* the odd page, which is not what you need.
You may be out of luck. There is no "look ahead" in XSL-FO ... I
can't see a way of knowing what to put on page "n" based on content
on page "n+1".
No problem with the odd-page-only table flowing ... I just think you
can't get the images to work.
I hope this helps, even if it isn't a solution, in that I hope it
helps to know that there may not be a pure XSL-FO solution. With
post-processing you might be able to swap pages in some way ... but I
think that would be untenable.
. . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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