Elementname: `Output`

Description

This command is similar to PlaceObject and is currently limited to output text which can be broken across positioning frames and which can wrap around objects.

Allowed attributes: allocate, area, row

Child elements: Text

Parent elements: AtPageCreation, AtPageShipout, Case, Contents, ForAll, Loop, Otherwise, Record, SavePages, Until, While

Attributes

allocate (optional)

Should text flow around already allocated objects? This currently works on the current page only.

yes:	Regular behaviour: the text does not flow around objects.
auto:	Text flows around allocated objects.

area (text, optional)

The name of the positioning frame for the text.

row (number, optional)

The starting row for the text.

Example

<Pagetype name="page" test="true()">
    <Margin left="1cm" right="1cm" top="1cm" bottom="1cm"/>
    <PositioningArea name="text">
      <PositioningFrame width="9" height="4" row="1" column="1"/>
      <PositioningFrame width="9" height="4" row="1" column="11"/>
      <PositioningFrame width="9" height="4" row="6" column="1"/>
      <PositioningFrame width="9" height="4" row="6" column="11"/>
    </PositioningArea>
  </Pagetype>
  <Record element="data">
    <Output area="text">
      <Text>
        <Paragraph fontface="text">
          <Value>A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul,...</Value>
        </Paragraph>
      </Text>
    </Output>
  </Record>

Elementname: Output

Description

Attributes

Example

Commands

Elementname: `Output`