xsl fo page size / orientation - xslt

I am designing an xsl that will give a pdf output. My pdf output is in landscape format.
I can't get the landscape formatted output even i change the simple page master as follows,
Still my pdf output's height is greater than the width.
Hi mzjn, i dont have any link. attached the expected and resulted pdf outputs, also need to know how to use the border image. tried as background image for region body and failed.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.1"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
exclude-result-prefixes="fo">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" omit-xml-declaration="no"
indent="yes" />
<xsl:param name="versionParam" select="'1.0'" />
<xsl:template match="#*|node()">
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<!-- Start of page layout -->
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="A4"
page-width="8.27in" page-height="11.69in" margin-top="5mm"
margin-bottom="5mm" margin-left="5mm" margin-right="5mm"
reference-orientation="90">
<fo:region-body margin-top=".5cm" margin-bottom=".5cm"
margin-left=".5cm" margin-right=".5cm">
<xsl:if test="isPreview='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="background-image">file:///<xsl:value-of
select="pdfimagepath" />Preview Only1.JPG</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
</fo:region-body>
<fo:region-before extent="0mm" />
<fo:region-after extent="0mm" />
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<!-- End of page layout -->
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="A4">
<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-before">
<fo:block>
<fo:leader></fo:leader>
</fo:block>
<fo:block text-align="right" font-size="9pt" font-weight="bold">
<xsl:value-of select="num" />
</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-after">
<fo:block font-size="9pt" font-family="times" text-align="left">
<xsl:value-of select="xxx" />
</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block>
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="100%">
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell width="100%">
<fo:block text-align="center" padding-top="2pt">
<fo:external-graphic content-height="85%"
content-width="65%" scaling="uniform">
<xsl:attribute name="src">
<xsl:value-of select="pdfimagepath" />LogoCert.jpg
</xsl:attribute>
</fo:external-graphic>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell width="100%">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<fo:external-graphic content-height="45%"
content-width="55%" scaling="non-uniform">
<xsl:attribute name="src">
<xsl:value-of select="pdfimagepath" />title.jpg
</xsl:attribute>
</fo:external-graphic>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell width="100%">
<fo:block font-size="15.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="Black" text-align="center" padding-before="5pt"
start-indent="10pt">
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="15.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="Black" text-align="center" start-indent="5pt">xxxxxx:
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell width="100%">
<fo:block font-size="16.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="red" text-align="center" padding-before="8pt">
<xsl:value-of select="custname" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell width="100%">
<fo:block font-size="13.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center" padding-before="10pt"
start-indent="10pt">
<fo:inline background-color="yellow">xxxx</fo:inline>xxxx
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="13.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center" start-indent="10pt"> xxxx
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding-start="140pt" padding-end="140pt">
<fo:block font-size="10pt" font-family="Arial" color="black"
text-align="center" border-bottom="solid">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell display-align="after"
padding-after="12pt" padding-before="2pt">
<fo:block font-size="15.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center"> xxxx
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding-start="160pt" padding-end="160pt">
<fo:block font-size="10pt" font-family="Arial" color="black"
text-align="center" border-bottom="solid">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding-before="2pt"
display-align="before">
<fo:block font-size="15.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding-before="10pt">
<fo:block font-size="8.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center"> xxxx
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="8.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center">
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="8.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center">
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="8.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center">
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="8.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center">
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="8.5pt" font-family="Arial"
color="black" text-align="center">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding-before="5pt"
padding-start="60pt" padding-end="60pt">
<fo:block font-size="20pt" font-family="Arial" color="black"
text-align="center" border-bottom="solid">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="100%">
<fo:table-column column-width="40%" />
<fo:table-column column-width="60%" />
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding-before="5pt">
<fo:block font-size="9.5pt" text-align="left"
font-weight="normal">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding-before="5pt">
<fo:block font-size="9.5pt" text-align="center">
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="9.5pt" text-align="center"
end-indent="10pt">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="100%">
<fo:table-column column-width="50%" />
<fo:table-column column-width="50%" />
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding-before="5pt"
display-align="after" border="">
<fo:block font-size="10pt" text-align="left"
font-weight="normal">
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="13.5pt" text-align="center"
font-weight="normal">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding-before="5pt"
display-align="after" border="">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<fo:external-graphic content-height="60%"
content-width="40%" scaling="uniform">
<xsl:attribute name="src">
<xsl:value-of select="pdfimagepath" />sign.jpg
</xsl:attribute>
</fo:external-graphic>
</fo:block>
<fo:block padding-bottom="1pt" font-size="15pt"
text-align="center" font-weight="bold">
_____________________________
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell display-align="after" border="">
<fo:block font-size="8pt" text-align="left"
font-weight="normal">
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="after" border=""
padding-before="1pt">
<fo:block font-size="8.5pt" text-align="center"
font-weight="normal">xxxxx
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-size="8.5pt" text-align="center"
font-weight="normal">yyyyy
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
code sample attached


I am using Apache FOP 1.1.First you should define layout of landscape(A2).For Example
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="A2"
page-height="594mm" page-width="420mm" margin-left="0.2cm"
margin-right="0.2cm">
<fo:region-body margin-top="0.5cm" />
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="A2">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
**//your design and logic**
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
Thank you.


I'm not sure how to set the background, but below is how I was able to change the page width and height to result in landscape orientation.
I'm editing xsl files for PDF2 that came with the DITA open toolkit. I'm not sure if the filename will be the same, but I found the below chunk of code in layout-masters-attr.xsl. Notice I switched the page-width and page-height variables.
<xsl-attribute-set name="simple-page-master">
<xsl-attribute name="page-width">
<xsl:value-of select="$page-height"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="page-height">
<xsl:value-of select="$page-width"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>
This will set the entire PDF document to landscape mode. Also, you can find where the variables are defined and change them to other values, if desired.

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Preserving Tab-Space with XSL-FO

I did not found an explicit question like the following:
I want to convert XML to PDF preserving tabspace (ASCII 009) in XSL-FO.
My <fo:block /> looks like this:
<fo:block linefeed-treatment="preserve" white-space-collapse="false" white-space-treatment="preserve">
<xsl:value-of select="orderText" />
</fo:block>
With this configuration I can preserve line breaks and normal spaces but no tab-space. I tried many attributes from this post: Preserving whitespace in PDF after XSL transform
but it still doesn't work. If I put in this:
Forename: John
Surname: Smith
I get this:
Forename: John
Surname: Smith
For Information:
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This is the complete XSL-File.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.1" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:ext="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
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<fo:region-body margin-top="10mm" margin-bottom="5mm" />
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<fo:region-after region-name="footer" />
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<fo:page-sequence master-reference="simpleA4">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body" text-align="justify" font-size="11pt">
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<fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="12pt" space-after="7mm">
<xsl:text>Informationen zum Auftraggeber</xsl:text>
</fo:block>
<fo:block space-after="7mm">
<fo:table>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Auftragsnummer</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="orderId" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Erstellt von</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="creator" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Erstellt am</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="createDate" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Verwendete mTAN</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="mTAN" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="12pt" space-after="7mm">
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</fo:block>
<fo:block space-after="7mm">
<fo:table>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>ZAD-Kundennummer</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="customerId" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
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</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="surname" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
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</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="forename" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="12pt" space-after="7mm">
<xsl:text>Informationen zum Vertrag</xsl:text>
</fo:block>
<fo:block space-after="7mm">
<fo:table>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Versicherungsscheinnummer</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="vsnr" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Bestandsart</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="ba" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Konzerngesellschaft</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="kg" /></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
<fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="12pt" space-after="7mm">
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</fo:block>
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<xsl:value-of select="orderText" />
</fo:block>
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XSL-FO does not handle tabs other than being whitespaces. A tab does not have a specific width, and there are not "tab stops" defined in the blocks.
Positioning in XSL-FO is done through block, and position properties. It looks like what you want here, is to use an extra column and split the value in 2: the first part in one cell, the second part in the other.

XSL FO setting content to the bottom of the page fails

I am trying to print table at the bottom of the page(A4 format), but instead of that, last table keeps printing after previous element, despite the fact of margin-bottom property. Additionaly, if I am trying to set footer (using fo:footnote with fo:inline) - this footer also appearing not in the bottom of the page, but under last element.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<xsl:template match="/">
<fo:root>
<fo:layout-master-set >
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="simple" page-height="29.7cm" page-width="21cm"
margin-top="2cm" margin-bottom="2cm" margin-left="2cm" margin-right="2cm">
<fo:region-body />
<!--<fo:region-after region-name="first-page-footer" margin-bottom="2cm" extent="11in" display-align="after"/>-->
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="simple">
<xsl:call-template name="mainTemplate"/>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="mainTemplate">
<xsl:variable name="newline">
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="logoURL" >
<xsl:value-of select="/export/logotype"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="signatureURL">
<xsl:value-of select="/export/signature"/>
</xsl:variable>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block space-before="2cm" space-after="2cm" font-size="12pt"
font-family="Times New Roman">
<fo:block space-before="2cm" space-after="2cm" >
<fo:table border-color="black" border-style="solid"
border-width="0.5pt" >
<fo:table-column column-width="3cm" border-color="black" border-style="solid"
border-width="0.5pt"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="3cm" border-color="black" border-style="solid"
border-width="0.5pt"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="3cm" border-color="black" border-style="solid"
border-width="0.5pt"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="8cm" border-color="black" border-style="solid"
border-width="0.5pt"/>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Number</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Date</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Bill</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Owner</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<xsl:for-each select="/export/Cars/car">
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<xsl:variable name="param2" select="date"/>
<xsl:variable name="param3" select="bill"/>
<xsl:variable name="param4" select="owner"/>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt"
padding-left="3pt">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select="$param1"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt"
padding-left="3pt" padding-right="3pt" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select="$param2"/>
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</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt"
padding-left="3pt" padding-right="3pt" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select="$param3"/>
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</fo:table-cell >
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt"
padding-left="3pt" padding-right="3pt" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select="$param4"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block space-after="2cm" >
<fo:table border-color="black" border-style="solid"
border-width="0.5pt" >
<fo:table-column column-width="3cm" border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="14cm" border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt"/>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Graph 6</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block text-align="center"><xsl:value-of select="/export/graph6"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Graph 5</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block text-align="center"><xsl:value-of select="/export/graph5"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Graph 4</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block text-align="center"><xsl:value-of select="/export/graph4"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Graph1</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block text-align="center"><xsl:value-of select="/export/graph1"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Graph 2</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block text-align="center"><xsl:value-of select="/export/graph2"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">Graph3</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-color="black" border-style="solid" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:block text-align="center"><xsl:value-of select="/export/graph3"/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block text-align="justify" >
<xsl:value-of select="/export/contactInfo"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:table border-width="0" margin-bottom="3cm" >
<fo:table-column column-width="5.6cm" />
<fo:table-column column-width="5.6cm" />
<fo:table-column column-width="5.6cm" />
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell display-align="after">
<fo:block text-align="left">
Occupation <xsl:value-of select="/export/occupation"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="before">
<fo:block text-align="center">
Signature <fo:external-graphic src='url({$signatureURL})'/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="after">
<fo:block text-align="left">
Name <xsl:value-of select="/export/name"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output file in .doc format
Code on pastebin
The problem with footnotes is - when I am trying to put content into a footnote(fo:block statement placed instead of last fo:table from previous code section ):
...
<fo:block>
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over
a lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
<fo:footnote>
<fo:inline baseline-shift="super" font-size="10pt">
(*)
</fo:inline>
<fo:footnote-body>
<fo:block>
* This is the first footnote
</fo:block>
</fo:footnote-body>
</fo:footnote>
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over
a lazy dog.
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
output result looks like this:
...
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. (*) The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
* This is the first footnote
The footnote string placed immediatly after previous text, not at the bottom of the page

The margin-bottom property indicates that you want a space below the table. It has nothing to do with placing an object at the bottom of a page.
If you want the table to appear at the bottom of the page, there are 2 options:
insert it in the region-after area, not in the body area.
Wrap it in a block-container which has an absolute position.

I put content I want at the bottom of the page into a footnote construct in an empty block with an empty inline citation. Let the formatter worry about where the bottom of the page is. I tell my students this is an appropriate approach for things like legal disclaimers at the bottom of the last page of a document.
The problem with an absolutely-positioned block-container is that if its dimensions overlap with the body, then it is possible for body content to overwrite it. If the body content is shrunk for that content, you need to accommodate the different areas in the page geometries.
I find it easiest just to throw it into a footnote.

Is it possible to get a running total to display in XSLT/XSL FO?

I am trying to format a report and I have tables that will span multiple pages with various items/fees, and what i would like to do ideally is to display a running total for each page in the table footer, basically i want the sum of the values in my table from the current page back to the first page to display at the bottom. Is there any way to achieve this?
<fo:table width="100%" border-style="groove" border-width="2pt" background-repeat="repeat">
<fo:table-column column-width="5%" />
<fo:table-column column-width="60%" />
<fo:table-column column-width="5%" />
<fo:table-column column-width="7.5%" />
<fo:table-column column-width="7.5%" />
<fo:table-column column-width="7.5%" />
<fo:table-column column-width="7.5%" />
<fo:table-footer border-top-style="dashed" border-bottom-style="dashed">
<fo:table-cell display-align="center">
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
Page <fo:page-number/>
<xsl:text> OF </xsl:text>
<fo:page-number-citation ref-id="end" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="center">
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="center">
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="center">
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="end">
Page Total:
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell display-align="center">
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-footer>
<fo:table-body>
<xsl:for-each select="/receipt_invoice/details/product_lot">
<xsl:variable name="untitled" select="." />
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-width="1pt" border-color="black" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="lot/quantity" />
</fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-width="1pt" border-color="black" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="center">
<fo:block>
<fo:table width="100%" border-style="none" border-width="2pt" background-repeat="repeat">
<fo:table-column/>
<fo:table-column/>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-style="none" border-width="2pt" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="before">
<fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="product/code" />
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
Lot Qty:
<xsl:value-of select="lot/quantity" />
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:text>
 
</xsl:text>
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="lot/identifier" />
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="lot/lot_components/component/label" />
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="lot/lot_components/component/value" />
</fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="none" border-width="2pt" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="before">
<fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="product/first_description" />
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="lot/csd/csd_line" />
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="lot/csd/set_description" />
</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="lot/lot_components/component/label" />
</fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
Line Number:
<xsl:value-of select="line_number" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-width="1pt" border-color="black" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="product/unit_of_measure" />
</fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-width="1pt" border-color="black" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="stock_charges/storage_rate" />
</fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-width="1pt" border-color="black" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="stock_charges/storage_amount" />
</fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-width="1pt" border-color="black" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="stock_charges/handling_rate" />
</fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-width="1pt" border-color="black" padding="2pt" background-repeat="repeat" display-align="center">
<fo:block text-align="center">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="stock_charges/handling_amount" />
</fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
Revision:
So I have decided to use a page footer to display the subtotal on each page, and have set up a marker in my table that simply returns the grand total just to test it out, but now what i was think was that i could try to somehow get the position in my xml file the node was taken from and use something like...
<xsl:value-of select="sum(preceding::value[the_position]"/>
Where value would actually be the name of the charge being totaled up, is this something that could work? If have been trying different things but I am uncertain of the syntax and how to return the position.

For completeness, posting the description of the solution as an answer.
If your rows are of pretty regular height, you can use sum() function over all previous nodes in your table structure as you output rows and put that running subtotal as a table/table row inside a marker for the footer of the page as a single row table. Retrieve the marker into the page footer (not the table-footer with retrieve-table-marker) using the last one on the page, then clear the marker. Careful sizing and you can get it to look just like it is a table footer and you can clear that marker at the end of the table so that it does not appear on other pages. For the table end, just output the totals.
It may not work with complex tables, especially where there are multi-line rows and keeps on those rows as the table may not reach the footer.
This overcomes two issues (1) you do not need table-markers as many FO engines do not support them (actually there are good reasons for this as they are much more problematic than you think if the content being retrieved could have a large, variable height). And (2) using table-markers can run into issues at the end of the table inside that footer where you may not want it (although you can clear the marker at the last row).

.fo creates PDF file not as expected

I have an XSLT stylesheet that outputs XSL-FO, which is used to generate a PDF file. I am returning bookings of the current week and want to print the bookings in the PDF file grouped-by the weekday. Everything works fine except for the weekday which the booking belongs to.
To illustrate my problem, I have made a screenshot of my generated PDF file:
WeeklyBPlan
As you can see on the picture, the first three bookings belongs to 25.Dezember.2012. If I put the xsl:for-each like in the code I posted, then the the weekday is displayed on each booking.
If I put the xsl:for-each in the table body, all bookings, whether the booking belongs to 26.dezember or 27. dezember, get assigned to 25.dezember. I don't know what I am doing wrong. How can I print the weekdays with the bookings correctly?
<xsl:template match="/">
<fo:root>
<!-- defines the layout master -->
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="first"
page-height="29.7cm"
page-width="21cm"
margin-top="1cm"
margin-bottom="2cm"
margin-left="2cm"
margin-right="2cm">
<fo:region-body margin-top="3cm" margin-bottom="1.5cm"/>
<fo:region-before region-name="kopf" extent="3cm"/>
<fo:region-after region-name="fuss" extent="1.5cm"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="quer"
page-width="29.7cm"
page-height="21cm"
margin-top="1cm"
margin-bottom="2cm"
margin-left="2cm"
margin-right="2cm">
<fo:region-body margin-top="1cm" margin-bottom="1.5cm" />
<fo:region-before region-name="kopf" extent="1cm"/>
<fo:region-after region-name="fuss" extent="0.5cm"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<!-- starts actual layout -->
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="quer">
<fo:static-content flow-name="kopf">
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center" font-family="Arial" font-size="18pt">
<xsl:text>Test</xsl:text>
</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
<fo:static-content flow-name="fuss">
<fo:block border-bottom-width="thin" border-bottom-style="solid"
border-bottom-color="black" font-weight="bold" text-align="right" font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt">
erstellt am:
<xsl:value-of select="lfsExtension:FormatDateTime(.//Erstellt, 'dd.MM.yy HH:mm')"/>
<xsl:text> Seite: </xsl:text><fo:page-number/>/<fo:page-number-citation ref-id="lastBlock"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<!--this defines a title level 1 -->
<xsl:for-each select=".//WeeklyBPlan" >
<fo:block
line-height="24pt"
space-after.optimum="15pt"
padding-top="3pt">
<xsl:value-of select=".//WEEKDAY" />
</fo:block>
<!-- table start -->
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" border="solid" border-collapse="collapse" border-width="0.5pt">
<fo:table-column column-width="25mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="12mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="50mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="25mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="10mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="30mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="35mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="35mm"/>
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Raum</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Zeit</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Abteilung</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Thema</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Mieter</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Tel.-Nr</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">PAnz</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Bestuhlung</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Bemerkung</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block background-color="grey"
color="white" text-align="center">Ausstattung</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border-right-width="0.5pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid" padding-right="6pt" padding-left="6pt" >
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Raum" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-right-width="0.5pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid">
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt" text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Zeit" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-right-width="0.5pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid">
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt" text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Abteilung" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-right-width="0.5pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid" padding-left="6pt" padding-right="6pt">
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt" wrap-option="no-wrap" >
<xsl:value-of select=".//Thema" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-right-width="0.5pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid">
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt" text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Mieter" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-right-width="0.5pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid">
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt" text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Mieter_Tel" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-right-width="0.5pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid">
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt" text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Personen" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-right-width="0.5pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid">
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt" text-align="center">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Bestuhlung" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding-left="8pt" border-right-style="solid" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-right-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid" >
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Bemerkung" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding-left="6pt" padding-right="6pt" border-bottom-width="0.5pt" border-bottom-style="solid">
<fo:block font-family="Arial" font-size="9pt" padding="2pt">
<xsl:value-of select=".//Ausstattung" />
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
<!-- table end -->
</xsl:for-each>
<fo:block id="lastBlock"/>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
</xsl:template>

Use for-each-group to group by Date
<xsl:for-each-group select=".//WeeklyBPlan" group-by="/WEEKDAY">
<fo:block line-height="24pt" space-after.optimum="15pt"
padding-top="3pt">
<xsl:value-of select="current-grouping-key()" />
</fo:block>
//table header here
<xsl:for-each select="current-group()">
// populate table row
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each-group>

xsl:for-each Split Records

I'm not sure if this is even possible but here we go.
I have an xml file:
<ROOT>
<MEM-STMT>
<COUNTRY>co</COUNTRY>
<CURRENCY>cu</CURRENCY>
<STMT>
<ST-NO>1</ST-NO>
<ST-DATE>21-JUL-11</ST-DATE>
<CC>21</CC>
<YY>11</YY>
<MM>07</MM>
<DD>21</DD>
</STMT>
<MEM-DET>
<MEM-NO>9</MEM-NO>
<MEM-PROD-LEV>24</MEM-PROD-LEV>
<MEM-OPTION>option</MEM-OPTION>
<MEM-EMP-NO/>
<MEM-EMP-NAME>name</MEM-EMP-NAME>
</MEM-DET>
<MEM-ADDR>
<MEM-NAME>name</MEM-NAME>
<MEM-ADDR1> Addr1</MEM-ADDR1>
<MEM-ADDR2> Addr2</MEM-ADDR2>
<MEM-ADDR3> Addr3</MEM-ADDR3>
<MEM-SUB> Sub</MEM-SUB>
<MEM-CITY> +2</MEM-CITY>
<MEM-REG> Employer:reg</MEM-REG>
<MEM-CNTRY/>
<MEM-PCODE/>
<MEM-EMPCODE/>
</MEM-ADDR>
<ACC>
<PROV>
<PR-NO>1</PR-NO>
<PR-NAME> pr</PR-NAME>
<REF-NO>1</REF-NO>
<CLM>
<REF>1</REF>
<CL-DEP-NO>04</CL-DEP-NO>
<CL-DEP-NAME>dep</CL-DEP-NAME>
<CL-DOS>10-APR-11</CL-DOS>
<CC>21</CC>
<YY>11</YY>
<MM>04</MM>
<DD>10</DD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>1 </CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>desc </CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>
<CL-NO>1</CL-NO>
<CL-LINE>2</CL-LINE>
<CL-AMT>16.8</CL-AMT>
<CL-TAR-AMT>16.8</CL-TAR-AMT>
<CL-PAID-PROV>16.8</CL-PAID-PROV>
<CL-PAID-MEM>0</CL-PAID-MEM>
<CL-RSN/>
</CLM>
<CLM>
<REF>1</REF>
<CL-DEP-NO>04</CL-DEP-NO>
<CL-DEP-NAME>dep </CL-DEP-NAME>
<CL-DOS>20-APR-11</CL-DOS>
<CC>21</CC>
<YY>11</YY>
<MM>04</MM>
<DD>20</DD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>1 </CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>desc </CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>
<CL-NO>1</CL-NO>
<CL-LINE>2</CL-LINE>
<CL-AMT>50.4</CL-AMT>
<CL-TAR-AMT>50.4</CL-TAR-AMT>
<CL-PAID-PROV>50.4</CL-PAID-PROV>
<CL-PAID-MEM>0</CL-PAID-MEM>
<CL-RSN/>
</CLM>
<TOTALS>
<TOT-AMT>67.2</TOT-AMT>
<TOT-TAR-AMT>67.2</TOT-TAR-AMT>
<TOT-PAID-PROV>67.2</TOT-PAID-PROV>
<TOT-PAID-MEM>0</TOT-PAID-MEM>
</TOTALS>
</PROV>
<PROV>
<PR-NO>2</PR-NO>
<PR-NAME> pr</PR-NAME>
<REF-NO>1</REF-NO>
<CLM>
<REF>1</REF>
<CL-DEP-NO>04</CL-DEP-NO>
<CL-DEP-NAME>dep</CL-DEP-NAME>
<CL-DOS>10-APR-11</CL-DOS>
<CC>21</CC>
<YY>11</YY>
<MM>04</MM>
<DD>10</DD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>1</CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>desc </CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>
<CL-NO>1</CL-NO>
<CL-LINE>2</CL-LINE>
<CL-AMT>15</CL-AMT>
<CL-TAR-AMT>0</CL-TAR-AMT>
<CL-PAID-PROV>15</CL-PAID-PROV>
<CL-PAID-MEM>0</CL-PAID-MEM>
<CL-RSN/>
</CLM>
<TOTALS>
<TOT-AMT>15</TOT-AMT>
<TOT-TAR-AMT>0</TOT-TAR-AMT>
<TOT-PAID-PROV>15</TOT-PAID-PROV>
<TOT-PAID-MEM>0</TOT-PAID-MEM>
</TOTALS>
</PROV>
<PROV>
<PR-NO>1</PR-NO>
<PR-NAME> pr</PR-NAME>
<REF-NO>I0428202</REF-NO>
<CLM>
<REF>I0428202</REF>
<CL-DEP-NO>03</CL-DEP-NO>
<CL-DEP-NAME>dep</CL-DEP-NAME>
<CL-DOS>10-APR-11</CL-DOS>
<CC>21</CC>
<YY>11</YY>
<MM>04</MM>
<DD>10</DD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>2</CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>desc</CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>
<CL-NO>112153</CL-NO>
<CL-LINE>217615</CL-LINE>
<CL-AMT>31.58</CL-AMT>
<CL-TAR-AMT>0</CL-TAR-AMT>
<CL-PAID-PROV>31.58</CL-PAID-PROV>
<CL-PAID-MEM>0</CL-PAID-MEM>
<CL-RSN/>
</CLM>
<TOTALS>
<TOT-AMT>31.58</TOT-AMT>
<TOT-TAR-AMT>0</TOT-TAR-AMT>
<TOT-PAID-PROV>31.58</TOT-PAID-PROV>
<TOT-PAID-MEM>0</TOT-PAID-MEM>
</TOTALS>
</PROV>
<PROV>
<PR-NO>1</PR-NO>
<PR-NAME> pr</PR-NAME>
<REF-NO>0027579</REF-NO>
<CLM>
<REF>1</REF>
<CL-DEP-NO>04</CL-DEP-NO>
<CL-DEP-NAME>dep</CL-DEP-NAME>
<CL-DOS>09-JUN-11</CL-DOS>
<CC>21</CC>
<YY>11</YY>
<MM>06</MM>
<DD>09</DD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>99200 </CL-TAR-DRUG-CD>
<CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>desc</CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC>
<CL-NO>1</CL-NO>
<CL-LINE>1</CL-LINE>
<CL-AMT>12</CL-AMT>
<CL-TAR-AMT>0</CL-TAR-AMT>
<CL-PAID-PROV>12</CL-PAID-PROV>
<CL-PAID-MEM>0</CL-PAID-MEM>
<CL-RSN/>
</CLM>
<TOTALS>
<TOT-AMT>12</TOT-AMT>
<TOT-TAR-AMT>0</TOT-TAR-AMT>
<TOT-PAID-PROV>12</TOT-PAID-PROV>
<TOT-PAID-MEM>0</TOT-PAID-MEM>
</TOTALS>
</PROV>
</ACC>
<RSN-LIST>
<RSN-ERR>????</RSN-ERR>
<RSN-DESC/>
</RSN-LIST>
<FIN-OTHER>
<FIN-DATE/>
<FIN-AMT>0</FIN-AMT>
<FIN-TT/>
</FIN-OTHER>
<GTOTALS>
<GTOT-AMT>125.78</GTOT-AMT>
<GTOT-TAR-AMT>67.2</GTOT-TAR-AMT>
<GTOT-PAID-PROV>125.78</GTOT-PAID-PROV>
<GTOT-PAID-MEM>0</GTOT-PAID-MEM>
</GTOTALS>
<MEM-GTOT>
<M-MESSAGE/>
<M-TOT-PAID-MEM>0</M-TOT-PAID-MEM>
<M-PMT-METH/>
</MEM-GTOT>
<FIN-BAL>
<FIN-BDATE>21-JUL-11</FIN-BDATE>
<FIN-BAMT>0</FIN-BAMT>
<FIN-BTT/>
</FIN-BAL>
</MEM-STMT>
</ROOT>
& I'd like to split the records returned from it using the logic below:
If the xml file has 30 or more PROV-or-CLM-or-TOTATALS nodes then process only 30 PROV-or-CLM-or-TOTATALS nodes. Do this for the entire xml file in case where the number of remaining nodes is less than 30 process them to complete the transformation.
I'm using the following xsl to do this:
<xsl:template name="PROVIDER">
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="global">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:wrapper font-size="7pt" font-family="Helvetica">
<fo:block-container >
<xsl:variable name="CURRENCYSYMBOL"><xsl:value-of select="ROOT/MEM-STMT/CURRENCY"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:for-each select="ROOT/MEM-STMT/ACC/PROV">
<xsl:if test="(position() mod 30 = 1)">
<fo:block >
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="190mm" border-style="solid">
<fo:table-column column-width="22mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="16mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="18mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="39mm"/>
<!-- <fo:table-column column-width="15mm"/> -->
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="15mm"/>
<fo:table-header border="solid" >
<fo:table-row border-style="solid">
<fo:table-cell background-color="{$HeaderGray}" number-columns-spanned="9" padding="2pt">
<fo:block font-size="7pt" text-align="left" font-weight="bold">Provider:
<xsl:value-of select="PR-NO"/>-
<xsl:value-of select="PR-NAME"/>
<xsl:text>  </xsl:text> Ref No:
<xsl:value-of select="REF-NO"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row border-style="solid">
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Patient</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Serv Date</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Tariff/Drug</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Description</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<!-- <fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Claim No</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell> -->
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Claim Amount</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Tariff Amount</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Paid Provider</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Paid Member</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Reason</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
<xsl:for-each select="./CLM">
<xsl:if test="(position() mod 30 = 1)">
<fo:table-body font-size="7pt">
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt" >
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-DEP-NAME"/><xsl:text>  </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-DEP-NO"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt" >
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-DOS"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt" >
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-TAR-DRUG-CD"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt" >
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<!-- <fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-NO"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell> -->
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-AMT != '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(CL-AMT,'#,##0.00')"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-TAR-AMT != '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(CL-TAR-AMT,'#,##0.00')"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt" >
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-PAID-PROV != '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(CL-PAID-PROV,'#,##0.00')"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-PAID-MEM != '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(CL-PAID-MEM,'#,##0.00')"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-RSN != '????'">
<xsl:value-of select="CL-RSN"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:for-each select="./TOTALS">
<xsl:if test="(position() mod 30 = 1)">
<fo:table-body font-size="7pt">
<fo:table-row border-style="solid">
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt" number-columns-spanned="4" >
<fo:block >Totals for Invoice</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt" >
<fo:block text-align="right">
<!-- <xsl:if test="TOT-AMT != '0'"> -->
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(TOT-AMT,'#,##0.00')"/>
<!-- </xsl:if> -->
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell >
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<!-- <xsl:if test="TOT-TAR-AMT != '0'"> -->
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(TOT-TAR-AMT,'#,##0.00')"/>
<!-- </xsl:if> -->
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<!-- <xsl:if test="TOT-PAID-PROV != '0'"> -->
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(TOT-PAID-PROV,'#,##0.00')"/>
<!-- </xsl:if> -->
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<!-- <xsl:if test="TOT-PAID-MEM != '0'"> -->
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(TOT-PAID-MEM,'#,##0.00')"/>
<!-- </xsl:if> -->
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell >
<fo:block>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:block-container>
</fo:wrapper>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
My current scenario is such that the split doesn't work & I get the exception: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-2" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space despite allocating -Xms/-Xmx2G memory.

Kamza, you had part of it right, but there are a few flaws in your approach. You start with a for-each on PROV elements, and within the for-each you have an if that causes output to be written only for PROV elements 1, 31, 61, etc. The nested for-each loops have a similar problem. Only CLM element 1, 31, 61, .. is written, like only TOTALS 1, 31, 61, ..
(Actually, I suspect there will only be one TOTALS within each PROV, so that would ok in your code.)
Furthermore, from what I understand from your description and the comments is that you are trying to write out 30 rows at a time, and start a new table, or even a new page after that, with another 30 rows, or what is left. Since no rows are written for the PROV element itself, I presume that it is just about CLM and TOTALS rows, where the count of 30 should include both.
What you need for that is an outer for-each loop that walks along all CLM and TOTALS elements. You can use this expression for that:
<xsl:for-each select="ROOT/MEM-STMT/ACC/PROV/*[self::CLM or self::TOTALS]">
Then use the if you already have to create a new table for row 1, 31, 61, ...
To fill the table with the first-next 30 items, you will need to look forward 30 positions. The PROV element is a bit of a problem here. Assuming CLM and TOTALS only occur within PROV, and PROV is not used elsewhere, you can reasonably safely use the following axis for that:
<xsl:for-each select="(following::*[self::CLM or self::TOTALS])[30 >= position()]">
That returns 30 items, both CLM and TOTALS mixed, but in document order. You need two extra if's (or a choose) to distinguish between these two, and output the appropriate table row:
<xsl:if test="self::CLM">
...
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="self::TOTALS">
...
</xsl:if>
In your code you have fo:table-body within the inner for-each loops, causing each table-row to be wrapped in a new table-body. That is unnecessary. Move the table-body to outside the inner loops. You would need only one wrapping both rows of CLM and TOTALS.
Finally, you write a new table for each 30th item. I think you want to start a new page-sequence as well. That will cause each table to be shown on a separate page. Putting things together, you get an XSLT similar to this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<xsl:variable name="HeaderGray" select="'gray'"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<fo:root>
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="global">
<fo:region-body/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/" mode="PROVIDER"/>
</fo:root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/" mode="PROVIDER">
<xsl:variable name="CURRENCYSYMBOL" select="string(ROOT/MEM-STMT/CURRENCY)"/>
<xsl:for-each select="ROOT/MEM-STMT/ACC/PROV/*[self::CLM or self::TOTALS]">
<xsl:if test="position() mod 30 = 1">
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="global">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:wrapper font-size="7pt" font-family="Helvetica">
<fo:block-container>
<fo:block>
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="190mm"
border-style="solid">
<fo:table-column column-width="22mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="16mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="18mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="39mm"/>
<!-- <fo:table-column column-width="15mm"/> -->
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="20mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="15mm"/>
<fo:table-header border="solid">
<fo:table-row border-style="solid">
<fo:table-cell background-color="{$HeaderGray}"
number-columns-spanned="9" padding="2pt">
<fo:block font-size="7pt" text-align="left"
font-weight="bold">Provider: <xsl:value-of
select="PR-NO"/>- <xsl:value-of select="PR-NAME"/>
<xsl:text>  </xsl:text> Ref No:
<xsl:value-of select="REF-NO"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row border-style="solid">
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Patient</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Serv Date</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Tariff/Drug</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Description</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<!-- <fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold">Claim No</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell> -->
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Claim Amount</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Tariff Amount</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Paid Provider</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Paid Member</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border-style="solid" padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="center" font-weight="bold"
>Reason</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body font-size="7pt">
<xsl:for-each
select="(following::*[self::CLM or self::TOTALS])[30 >= position()]">
<xsl:if test="self::CLM">
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-DEP-NAME"/>
<xsl:text>  </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-DEP-NO"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-DOS"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-TAR-DRUG-CD"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-TAR-DRUG-DESC"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<!-- <fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block>
<xsl:value-of select="CL-NO"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell> -->
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-AMT != '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(CL-AMT,'#,##0.00')"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-TAR-AMT != '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(CL-TAR-AMT,'#,##0.00')"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-PAID-PROV != '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(CL-PAID-PROV,'#,##0.00')"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-PAID-MEM != '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(CL-PAID-MEM,'#,##0.00')"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<xsl:if test="CL-RSN != '????'">
<xsl:value-of select="CL-RSN"/>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="self::TOTALS">
<fo:table-row border-style="solid">
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt"
number-columns-spanned="4">
<fo:block>Totals for Invoice</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<!-- <xsl:if test="TOT-AMT != '0'"> -->
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(TOT-AMT,'#,##0.00')"/>
<!-- </xsl:if> -->
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<!-- <xsl:if test="TOT-TAR-AMT != '0'"> -->
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(TOT-TAR-AMT,'#,##0.00')"/>
<!-- </xsl:if> -->
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<!-- <xsl:if test="TOT-PAID-PROV != '0'"> -->
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(TOT-PAID-PROV,'#,##0.00')"/>
<!-- </xsl:if> -->
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell padding="2pt">
<fo:block text-align="right">
<!-- <xsl:if test="TOT-PAID-MEM != '0'"> -->
<xsl:value-of select="$CURRENCYSYMBOL"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(TOT-PAID-MEM,'#,##0.00')"/>
<!-- </xsl:if> -->
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block> </fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
</fo:block-container>
</fo:wrapper>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Note: I am not entirely convinced this will prevent you from getting an exception. You gave the impression it is because of your for-each loops, but it may be caused by something else. A table that is simply to big, or an fo document that is too large to render might be the cause as well, for instance. The above code should be fairly efficient. If it is still giving you trouble, try processing things from the command-line, perhaps even using different parsers.

hm.. I don't have time to look at your xslt in detail, but your logic should be possible using something like this:
<xsl:template match="(//PROV | //CLM | //TOTALS)[position() <= 30]">
<xsl:if test="local-name() = 'PROV'">
<!-- do stuff with PROV node -->
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="local-name() = 'CLM'">
<!-- do stuff with CLM node -->
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="local-name() = 'TOTALS'">
<!-- do stuff with TOTALS node -->
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

You could modify your xsl:for-each statements, to restrict them to the first 30 items:
<xsl:for-each select="ROOT/MEM-STMT/ACC/PROV[position()<=30]">
Or you could extract the xsl:for-each logic out into templates and then select only the first 30 to apply templates to:
<xsl:apply-templates select="ROOT/MEM-STMT/ACC/PROV[position()<=30]"/>