Re: Repeating Table Captions Across Pages

Sorry for slow reply, but yes table markers do work and no need for the 
workarounds you found; they have been superceded

The reason for a partial implementation status is that they can only 
handle a single line of text. Showing (continued) or sub totals will 
work perfectly. What you can't do with table markers is place an image, 
a sub table, or a paragraph of text in them

Thanks,

Chris

On 01/09/2020 23:44, Kirkilis, John (Nokia - US/Austin) wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I’ve spent a couple hours in the mail archives trying to determine the 
> current state of the implementation of retrieve-table-marker. The 
> compliance table states that this is still just partially implemented, 
> and I’d like to understand what works and does not work in FOP 2.5.
>
> The archives yielded a couple work-arounds, one that uses regular 
> markers and the other which uses table-markers, but these are at least 
> 8 years old and I can’t tell if they’ve been superceded.
>
>   * https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg18790/example-1.fo
>
>   * https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg18521.html
>
>
> I need a solution that can generate repeating table titles with the 
> string “(continued)†on the 2^nd and subsequent pages of a long table. 
> These pages are generated dynamically using the DITA Open-Toolkit’s 
> DITA to FO transform, which we’ve customized when needed.
>
> Here’s what I’d like to understand:
>
>   * What is the current state of the retrieve-table-marker compliance?
>   * Is full compliance needed to support repeating table titles?
>   * If so, how much effort would be required to address it?
>       o by a regular FOP contributor
>       o a Master’s student with Java background
>   * If not, what’s the most up-to-date method to implement repeating
>     table titles using a work-around for FOP 2.5?
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback,
>
> John
>