Re: [docbook-apps] Finding a position in a FO file based on FOP's "see position"message

That refers to the line number:character postion. Trying to make sense of the FO output is a nightmare unless you reformat the FO before running it into FOP.

 

The way I do it is to use XMLLINT to reformat. Here is how I set up the call:

xmllint --nonet --noent --nowarning --version --timing --format -o myfile.xml myfile.fo.xml

 

Then process the myfile.fo.xml with FOP and get a new line:character set and look that up in myfile.fo.xml

 

This should get you the info you need.

 

(of course, this is integrated into my scripts/batch files so all I need to do is "-f" and get the reformatted output.) 

 

Regards,

Dean Nelson

 

 

 

 

 

In a message dated 12/21/10 13:59:28 Pacific Standard Time,  writes:

Hi. 

I'm using FOP 1.0 to create PDFs. One of my FO files has a problem 
with a table that results in this message: 

 [java] org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: The column-number or 
number of cells 
 in the row overflows the number of fo:table-columns specified for 
the table. (See position 769:2126) 

I want to find the spot in the FO file so I can trace it back to the 
DocBook elements that cause the problem. What do the numbers 769:2126 
refer to? The FO file is one long line so it's not a line and column 
reference. 

Thanks for your help. 

Peter 

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