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>line 1</fo:block>
</fo:block-container>

<fo:block-container height="3cm" width="5cm" background-color="green">
<fo:block>line 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="absolute" attribute,
however, i'd prefer relative positioning)

regards,
hans.

 

[Johannes Koch]

i tried the following code:

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

Have a look at <http://xml.apache.org/fop/compliance.html> for FOP's
support for block-container.

 

[Hans Raber]

Have a look at <http://xml.apache.org/fop/compliance.html> for FOP's
support for block-container.

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)