CIS 375—Web App Dev II
XSLFO
XSLFO Introduction
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XSLFO stands for Extensible Stylesheet Language
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XSLFO is an _____-based markup language.
XSLFO is a W3C Recommendation and is now
formally named _____.
“XSL” consists of three parts:
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XSLT (a language for transforming XML documents)
XSL (a vocabulary for formatting XML documents)
XPath (a language for defining parts of an XML document)
This may sound a little confusing, but sometimes life
IS a little confusing.
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XSLFO Documents
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XSLFO documents are stored in files with a *.fo or a
*.____ extension.
They can also have the *.____ extension, because
this makes them more accessible to XML editors.
XSLFO documents start with an XML ___________:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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The <fo:root> element contains the XSLFO
document and declares a namespace.
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To make XML elements unique, “fo” is given an XML
namespace, such as http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format.
<fo:root xmlns:fo=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format>
<!-- The full XSL-FO document goes here -->
</fo:root>
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XSLFO Document Structure
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name=“MyPage">
<!-- Page template goes here -->
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-name="MyPage">
<!-- Page content goes here -->
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
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XSLFO Areas
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The XSL formatting model defines a number of
___________ areas to display output.
One such area is called a _______.
Each XSL-FO Page contains a number of _______:
region-body, region-before (header), region-after
(footer), region-start (left sidebar), and region-end.
XSLFO Regions contain _______ areas.
XSLFO Block areas most often contain _____ areas.
XSLFO Line areas contain _______ areas.
XSLFO Inline areas define _____ inside Lines
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Simple XSLFO Document
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"Blocks" of content “______" into "Pages" and then
to the output media.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="my-page">
<fo:region-body margin="1in"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="my-page">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block>Hello, world!</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
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hello.fo in an XSL Formatter
(see http://www.antennahouse.com/)
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XSLFO Flow
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XSLT-FO pages are filled with ________ from the
<fo:flow> element.
The <fo:flow> element contains all the elements to
be printed to the page.
When the page is full, the same page _______ will
be used until all the text is printed.
The <fo:flow> element has a "flow-name" _______.
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xsl-region-body (into the region-body)
xsl-region-before (into the region-before)
xsl-region-after (into the region-after)
xsl-region-start (into the region-start)
xsl-region-end (into the region-end)
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XSLFO Pages
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XSLFO uses page templates called "Page ________"
to define the layout of pages.
The following illustrates page masters for odd and
even page numbers:
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="left">
<fo:region-body margin-left="2in" margin-right="3in" />
</fo:simple-page-master>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="right">
<fo:region-body margin-left="3in" margin-right="2in" />
</fo:simple-page-master>
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Example Page Master
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="A4"
page-width= "297mm" page-height= "210mm"
margin-top= "1cm"
margin-bottom="1cm"
margin-left="1cm"
margin-right= "1cm">
<fo:region-body
margin="3cm"/>
<fo:region-before extent="2cm"/>
<fo:region-after extent="2cm"/>
<fo:region-start extent="2cm"/>
<fo:region-end
extent="2cm"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="A4">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block>Example Page Master</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
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XSLFO Blocks
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XSL-FO output is normally nested inside <fo:block>
elements, nested inside <fo:flow> elements,
nested inside <fo:page-sequence> elements.
<fo:page-sequence>
<fo:flow>
<fo:block>
<!-- Output goes here -->
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
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Blocks can have many formatting attributes such as,
margin, border-width, border-color, padding,
background-color, font-family, etc.
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Example of XSLFO Blocks
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This code would be placed within the ______ element:
<fo:block
font-size="14pt" font-family="verdana" color="red"
space-before="5mm" space-after="5mm“ padding="2mm">
W3Schools
</fo:block>
<fo:block
text-indent="5mm"
font-family="verdana" font-size="12pt"
space-before="5mm" space-after="5mm">
At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building
tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to
advanced XML, XSL, Multimedia and WAP.
</fo:block>
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Example from Previous Slide
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XSLFO List Blocks
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The following code creates a bulleted list:
<fo:list-block provisional-distance-between-starts="10pt" >
<fo:list-item>
<fo:list-item-label>
<fo:block>&#x2022;</fo:block>
</fo:list-item-label>
<fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()">
<fo:block>Volvo</fo:block>
</fo:list-item-body>
</fo:list-item>
<fo:list-item>
<fo:list-item-label>
<fo:block>&#x2022;</fo:block>
</fo:list-item-label>
<fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()">
<fo:block>Saab</fo:block>
</fo:list-item-body>
</fo:list-item>
</fo:list-block>
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Example from previous slide:
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XSLFO Tables
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The hierarchy of XSLFO table elements (each
element contains the listed sub-elements).
<fo:table-and-caption>
<fo:table>
<fo:table-column> (optional)
<fo:table-header> (optional)
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>
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XSLFO Table Example
<fo:table-and-caption>
<fo:table>
<fo:table-column column-width
="25mm"/>
<fo:table-column column-width
="25mm"/>
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block font-weight = "bold“>
Car
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block font-weight="bold">
Price
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Volvo</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>$50000</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>SAAB</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>$48000</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:table-and-caption>
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Output from Table Example
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Generate XSLFO from XML (1)
XML document:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<info>
<header>
W3Schools
</header>
<paragraph>
At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building
tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to
advanced XML, XSL, Multimedia and WAP.
</paragraph>
</info>
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Generate XSLFO from XML (2)
<fo:page-sequence masterreference="simple">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region
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body">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO<fo:block
8859-1"?>
font-size="14pt" font-family
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
="verdana" color="red"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/
space-before="5mm" spaceXSL/Transform"
after="5mm">
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/
<xsl:apply-templates select
XSL/Format">
="header" />
<xsl:output method="xml" version
</fo:block>
="1.0" />
<fo:block
<xsl:template match="info">
font-size="10pt" font-family
<fo:root
="verdana"
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/
space-before="5mm" space-after
XSL/Format">
="5mm">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<xsl:apply-templates select
<fo:simple-page-master
="paragraph" />
master-name="simple"
</fo:block>
page-width="150mm"
</fo:flow>
page-height="200mm">
</fo:page-sequence>
<fo:region-body margin="3cm"/>
</fo:root>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</xsl:template>
</fo:layout-master-set>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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XSL document
XSLFO from XML Output
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PDF Output
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XSLFO Table w/ XSLT (cd_xslfo.xsl)
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<xsl:output method="xml" version ="1.0" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<fo:root xmlns:fo=
"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="my-page"
page-width="150mm"
page-height="200mm">
<fo:region-body margin="1in"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="my-page">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:table-and-caption>
<fo:table>
<fo:table-column column-width ="2in"/>
<fo:table-body>
<xsl:for-each select="CATALOG/CD">
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block
font-size="10pt" font-family
="verdana" color="red"
space-before="5mm"
space-after="5mm">
<xsl:value-of select="TITLE"/>
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:for-each>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:table-and-caption>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output from cd_xslfo.xsl
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XSLFO Software
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Special software is required to format XSL
documents.
This software can produce output as _____.
http://www.antennahouse.com/xslformatter.html
http://www.lunasil.com/
http://www.scriptura-xsl.com/index.html
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