DOC1 Programmer's Guide

XSL-FO structure
Tabs
XSL-FO does not natively support tabs but the
importer has been adapted to expect a new element
within an fo:block element that allows you to code tab
settings. This is named g1d1i:tab.
The element has the following attributes:
position
alignment
alignment
-character
Name Valid values Default Effect
spacing Measurement
0.25
inches
Sets fixed tab
spacing. Note that
this cannot be used
in combination with
other properties
leadingcharacter
An offset
position
relative to
page left
margin
"left"
"right"
"centre"
"character"
Single text
character
Single text
character
None
"left"
Sets a single tab
stop relative to the
left page margin
Sets how text is
positioned in
relation to the tab. If
‘character’ is
specified the
alignment-character
property must be
set.
None When alignment =
”character” this
specifies the
character which will
be centered on the
tab.
None
Specifies a
character that will
be used to pad the
space between the
current tab stop and
the previous offset.
The following fragment illustrates these points:
Here is some tabbed text:
1#&0009;2#&0009;3
#&0009;See section.#&0009;10
Images
NOTE THE USE OF THE ESCAPE CHARACTER SEQUENCE
(#&0009 IN THIS EXAMPLE) TO SPECIFY THE TAB
CHARACTER.
Image files referenced by a document design are
included by coding the fo:external-graphic element
within an fo:block.
The importer will attempt to copy the actual image
files referenced in such elements to the DOC1
Designer repository.
If the element includes an src attribute and this
contains a path name the importer will look for the
file in this location. Otherwise the importer will look
for the file in the location indicated by the Resource
Path option which can be specified in the
Application Import dialog.
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