RE: [docbook-apps] default.table.width parameter - specifying a percentage

Thanks Bob.  

The .fo file's width attribute for the <fo:table> was "100" - the
percent sign was being stripped.  Turns out the percent sign was being
stripped by MS - apparently in .bat files, MS requires a percent sign to
be escaped w/another percent sign (MS KB article -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q75634&). 

So, the following .bat syntax worked:

java  com.icl.saxon.StyleSheet -o demo.fo  demo.xml
docbook-xsl-1.69.1/fo/docbook.xsl  axf.extensions=1
default.table.width="100%%"



-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Stayton [mailto:] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:22 PM
To: George Szabo; 
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] default.table.width parameter - specifying a
percentage

Hi George,

What XSL-FO processor are you using?  It seems to work for me with XEP.

Can you peek inside the fo output and see if there is a width attribute
on
the fo:table?

You might want to take a look at the template named 'table.width' in
fo/table.xsl.  It determines what that width attribute should have.  The
default.table.width is used only if there is no table width PI, and if
at
least one of the table columns does not have an explicit width.  If all
of
the columns have an explicit width with units, then the default is not
used.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Szabo" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 8:20 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] default.table.width parameter - specifying a
percentage


I'm trying to use the default.table.width parameter to set all tables to
100% of the width (FO output).  However, the width is being ignored.
Here's the syntax in my .bat file (using Saxon 6.5.3, on Win 2000 Pro).
What is it that I'm doing wrong?

   java  com.icl.saxon.StyleSheet -o demo.fo  demo.xml
docbook-xsl-1.69.1/fo/docbook.xsl  axf.extensions=1
default.table.width="100%"




NOTE: if I use an absolute value such as inches instead of a percentage,
the specified width is then applied (which doesn't do me any good, I
need the % width - I just tried an absolute value for troubleshooting
purposes).

Thanks -
- george


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