Page break inside table XSL-FO - xslt

I have an XSL-FO stylesheet for a table.
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="defaultPage">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="100%">
<fo:table-column column-width="9pt"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="30pt"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="150pt"/>
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:text>Column 1</xsl:text></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:text>Column 2</xsl:text></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:text>Column 3</xsl:text></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<xsl:apply-templates select="rbrOcjena"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="sifPred"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="nazPred"/>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
The table can have many rows, so I'd like to break it on new page when it comes to the end of current, when generating PDF. Also, I would like to repeat table header on new page, if that's possible. What attributes should I put in the table tag to make it so?
Thanks!

The table can have many rows, so I'd like to break it on new page when
it comes to the end of current
Without seeing your XSL-FO code, it is difficult to answer this. Please show it. But generally, this is done with keeps and breaks. For example:
<fo:table-row keep-together.within-page="always">
I would like to repeat table header on new page, if that's possible.
What attributes should I put in the table tag to make it so?
Instructing an XSL-FO processor to repeat a number of rows at the top of every page is not done via an attribute to fo:table. Instead, the rows that are to be repeated are put inside fo:table-header:
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<!--Block and text content-->
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
Then, the default behaviour of the processor should be to repeat the header rows after a page break. That's because the omit-header-at-break attribute of fo:table is set to "false" by default.
The most obvious reason for this is that it is immediately clear which rows belong to the header and should thus be repeated. If this was just a reference in an attribute of fo:table it would be harder to identify multiple rows as the header. You will find the relevant part of the XSL specification here.

I've faced similar scenario...
Try below code...
<fo:table-row>
<xsl:if test="position() != 1">
<xsl:attribute name="break-before">page</xsl:attribute></i>
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How to add a continued label in a static table with XSL/XSL-FO?

I am using an xml data similar to the sample below. There is a list of possible risks, and each of them can have a name and a description.
<risks>
<freezeDeductible name="item1" description="desc 1"/>
<moneySecLimit name="item2" description="desc 2"/>
<unscheduledLimit name="item3" description="desc 3"/>
...
</risks>
The structure of my template looks as below:
<xsl:template name="displayRisks">
<fo:block>
<fo:table>
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(33.333)" column-number="1"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(33.333)" column-number="2"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(33.333)" column-number="3"/>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block font-weight="bold">ALL RISKS</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="/risks/freezeDeductible/#name"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="/risks/freezeDeductible/#description"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block> </fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="/risks/moneySecLimit/#name"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="/risks/moneySecLimit/#description"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
From the above template, I am generating PDF outputs. Because of the risk description size, and the number of risks elements is unknown, the table can go over multiple one or pages.
On the column1 x row1, there is displayed on first page, the title - "ALL RISKS". It needs to be on the same line as first risk name and description, so cannot move it to the table-header.
Is there any way that, when the table gets to page2, page3, etc. , to display the title (ALL RISKS) on the first row of the new page, with a label - for example: (continue..) ?
For example:
Page1: should display the title, on first table-row, as follows: ALL RISKS
If there is a Page2: display the title on the first table-row on Pag2, as follows: ALL RISKS(continued..)
Thanks!
There is an fo:retrieve-table-marker example in the 'XSL-FO Samples Collection' at https://www.antennahouse.com/xsl-fo-samples#table-retrieve-table-marker-1. (You may need to scroll up after you follow the link because of the banner on the page.)
There's also an example of the axf:repeat-content-at-break and axf:table-cell-repeated-marker AH Formatter extensions at https://www.antennahouse.com/xsl-fo-samples#axf-table-cell-repeated-marker-1 that demonstrates both the repetition and a '(Continued)' marker like what you want.

Multiple rows in freemarker and page break pdf

Suppose you have the following below. How I can wrap those in order to produce a page break if the rows don't fit on a page ?
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
#loop here
<fo:table-row>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
</fo:table-row>
# loop ends here
</fo:table-body>
Change:
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
to:
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt" keep-together.within-page="always">
See https://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#keep-together

XSL-FOP text decoration extend line

I'm still a newbiew when it comes to XML, XSL, FOP.
How can I obtain an output having a long line with a text underneath it? something like:
<fo:inline text-decoration> Signature </fo:inline>
The only problem on this is that the line is too small. I want the line to be longer.
I want to have 2 sets of this on the same line. One is Signature and the other is Date
Please help. :)
If you want a simple signature block like you are trying to create, just use a table like this:
<fo:table>
<fo:table-column column-width="2.5in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="1in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="2.5in"/>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-top="1pt solid black">
<fo:block>Signature</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block/>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-top="1pt solid black">
<fo:block>Date</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
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XSL-FO 2.0: Prevent page-break inside table

I can't find a way to prevent a page break inside a table in the RTF output.
I've tried a lot of combinations of keep-together / keep-with-next but nothing worked for me. The actual version has a parent fo:block with the attribute keep-together.within-page="always" including the whole table.
The problem only occurs when a RTF is generated. The PDF is correct and no page break inside a table exists. The table has a header-row and 3 data-rows. In the RTF there is a page-break after the header-row and the first 2 data-rows. On the next page the header is repeated and the last data-row is generated.
It's very important that the tables don't include a page-break.
Here is the relevant XSLT-Stylesheet code:
<fo:block keep-together.within-page="always" >
<xsl:for-each select="block">
<xsl:call-template name="drawData"></xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for-each>
<fo:table text-align="center">
<xsl:for-each select="row[#type='declare'][1]/column">
<fo:table-column column-number="position()" border-style="solid" border-color="#000000" border-width="0.5pt">
<xsl:attribute name="column-width"><xsl:value-of select="#width"/></xsl:attribute>
</fo:table-column>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:if test="row[#type='header']">
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row keep-together.within-page="2" background-color="#0000FF" color="#FFFFFF">
<xsl:for-each select="row[#type='header'][1]/column/block">
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-color="#000000" border-width="0.5pt">
<xsl:attribute name="number-columns-spanned">
<xsl:value-of select="count(../../../row[#type='declare']/column) div count(../../../row[#type='declare'])"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:call-template name="drawData"></xsl:call-template>
</fo:table-cell>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
</xsl:if>
<fo:table-body>
<xsl:for-each select="row[not(#type='header')]">
<fo:table-row keep-together.within-page="2">
<xsl:for-each select="column/block">
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-color="#000000" border-width="0.5pt">
<xsl:call-template name="drawData"></xsl:call-template>
</fo:table-cell>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
A screenshot of the relevant table:
At the moment (FOP version 2.1), the RTF output has a few limitations compared to the PDF output; in particular, it does not support keep properties.
The linked page states that
RTF output is currently unmaintained
and keeps are
supported by the RTF library but not tied into the RTFHandler
so, while it is probably unlikely that this feature will be fixed in future versions without external help, it could be relatively easy to implement it (in which case it would be a good idea to submit a patch).

XSL-FO- Specifying conditional visibility

I have an HTML table that varies according to its content. 1-3 columns hide. 1 column name changes. All depending on content.
I am creating a PDF version of this HTML table. The PDF version uses apache-FOP with fop v1.0. The PDF output contains 2 of the aforementioned tables on one page. I do not want to create an .xsl for every combination of possibilities. That's a lot of duplication and maintenance.
I can solve the column name change simply by passing the column name in with the XML content. But, conditional visibility of the columns seems to be a far more challenging task.
How can I setup conditional visibility? Is it possible?
I'm having difficulty just getting <fo:table-column visibility="collapse" /> to work. The data still displays with visility set to hidden or collapse. display="none" looked promising. But, the API doesn't show it as a valid property for a table-column.
If I can't conditionally hide a column then I'll need to produce 18 unique xsl files...
Currently, my tables are very basic. I do
<fo:block font-size="10pt">
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="100%" border-collapse="separate">
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-column visibility="collapse" />
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-column />
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-cell border-width="0.2mm" border-style="solid">
<fo:block>Header 1</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
//...9 other headers (these should show/hide as needed)
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<xsl:for-each select="Object/type/SomeItem/ProcedureItemCollection">
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-width="0.2mm" border-style="solid" >
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="content1"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
//...9 other cells...
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
XML
<Procedure>
<SiteName>Site1</SiteName>//If Site1, don't create column 2
//If Site2, don't create column 2,3,4
//If Site3, create all columns
<itemtype1>
<item><member1></member1><member2></member2></item>
<item><member1></member1><member2></member2></item>
</itemtype1>
<itemtype2>
<item><member1></member1><member2></member2></item>
<item><member1></member1><member2></member2></item>
</itemtype2>
</Procedure>
Doing it this way, I have little flexibility in creating the table. But, this is all I know how to do.
After a lot of tinkering it turns out that I can add/remove columns using xsl:when and a variable.
First create a variable
<xsl:variable name="SiteName" select="Procedure/SiteName" />
Then conditionally create the 3 elements of the table (column definition, header, body). Starting with the column definition...
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$SiteName = 'Site1'">
<fo:table-column />//column 2
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
Then the header
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$SiteName = 'Site1'">
<fo:table-cell border-width="0.2mm" border-style="solid">
<fo:block>Column2</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
Finally, the body
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$SiteName = 'Site1'">
<fo:table-cell border-width="0.2mm" border-style="solid" >
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="column2value"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>