I'm trying to create a PDF from an XML file I've got and it's working fairly well so far using XSL-FO/Apache FOP.
The XML file basically contains barcode information: the barcode itself and the barcode type (I'll add the barcode image at some point as well).
Now what I'd like to see as the output is this:
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| barcode1 | barcode2 |
| codetype1 | codetype2 |
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| barcode3 | barcode4 |
| codetype3 | codetype4 |
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And so on.
I've defined the following xsl:
<?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:template match="barcode-list">
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="simpleA4" page-height="29.7cm" page-width="21cm" margin-top="2cm" margin-bottom="2cm" margin-left="2cm" margin-right="2cm">
<fo:region-body/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="simpleA4">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block font-size="10pt">
<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="100%" border-collapse="separate">
<fo:table-column column-width="45%"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="45%"/>
<fo:table-body>
<xsl:apply-templates select="item"/>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="item">
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block wrap-option="wrap">
<xsl:value-of select="name"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block wrap-option="wrap">
<xsl:value-of select="format"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
So there are two columns and I assumed I could just point it at the "item" template to fill in the cells.
Now I realize that the "item" template contains a <table-row>
tag and that that causes each item to appear in its own table row. So what I get is this:
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| barcode1 | |
| codetype1 | |
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| barcode2 | |
| codetype2 | |
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| barcode3 | |
| codetype3 | |
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| barcode4 | |
| codetype4 | |
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My question is how to change the xsl to get the desired output rather than getting each item in its own table row?