xsl-region-body using content from body. Is this possible?

[Colm Dickson]

Hello all.

I have a problem with an xsl translation to create an FO file for pdf conversion. The body of my document is a table that loops over transaction records and it works and outputs fine. My real problem is that I want a summary block in the xsl-region-end part of the page(top right).This is static for every page but my issue is that the summary depends on content in the body. For example, balance one has its transactions displayed in the table and then I move to a new page and show transaction for the next balance name also in the table but i want my summary to change at the top summarising the transactions on the balance that the table in the body is processing. Is there any way for me to do this?

Thanks,

Colm

[Colm Dickson]

Hello again.

I managed to find a way to do this after much searching. I used a <fo:marker/> embedded within the template where I needed to get my data from. In this I could build up my formatted block containing the details I needed and these details changed as the data in the template was processed. You define the marker and give it a name using

<fo:marker marker-class-name="my_marker_name"> block content goers here </fo-marker>

then wherever you want to retrieve the marker in the document you call

<fo:retrieve-marker retrieve-class-name="my_marker_name"/>

In my case, I called this in my static content on the xsl-region-end
e.g.

<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-end">
  <fo:block text-align="center">
    <fo:retrieve-marker retrieve-class-name="my_marker_name"/>
  </fo:block>
</fo:static-content>

I hope this is of some use to anyone else requiring the same although if other methds exist please let me know.