How to make XSL-FO table caption repeat on each page when the table spans multiple pages?
I have some very long tables which span multiple pages, rendered with Apache-FOP 1.1
A table has a caption, such as "Table 7.6. Details of Something" and column headers.
On each continued page, the column headers are properly repeated at the top. But I also need to have the table continuations have the caption as well, in the form: "Table 7.6. Details of Something (continued)"
Is there any way to do this with XSL-FO and Apache-FOP? or does it require extensions perhaps available via RenderX?
Answer
I don't know of a way to do it in FOP, but that might because I haven't used FOP for anything more than basic PDF generation.
Using RenderX (XEP), you can set your fo:table-header to whatever title you want to use on continued pages and use a regular fo:block for the initial title.
You can then use the rx:table-omit-initial-header="true" attribute on your fo:table to not output the table header when the table is first output.
Here's an example rendered by RenderX 4.18...
Example XSL-FO
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
xmlns:rx="http://www.renderx.com/XSL/Extensions">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="my-page" page-width="8.5in" page-height="11in">
<fo:region-body margin="1in" margin-top="1.5in" margin-bottom="1.5in"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="my-page">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block font-size="12pt" font-weight="bold"
text-align="center" space-after="6pt">Sample Table</fo:block>
<fo:block>
<fo:table rx:table-omit-initial-header="true" space-before=".08in">
<fo:table-column column-width="100%"/>
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block font-weight="bold"
font-size="12pt" text-align="center"
space-after="6pt">Sample Table (Cont)</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:table border-style="solid" border-width="1pt" padding="6pt">
<fo:table-column column-number="1" column-width="20%"/>
<fo:table-column column-number="2" column-width="80%"/>
<fo:table-header font-weight="bold">
<fo:table-cell text-align="left">
<fo:block>Column 1</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Column 2</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row padding-before="20px">
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block>Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a
maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
Example PDF Output Page 1
Example PDF Output Page 2
