Re: [afp-renderer-users] Difference in AFP and PDF borders

[Joe S. <jo...@ex...>]

On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 13:43, steve beattie wrote:
> Hi All,
> First of all thanks to all involved for the AFP Renderer, most useful.
>  We're in the process of testing it prior to it being used in a
> production Unix/Mainframe environment.  So far we only have one
> problem...
> 
> We have one set of xsl:fo that is converted into PDF via FOP and into
> AFP via the AFP Renderer.  The AFP is eventually FTPed to our
> mainframe where it's printed.  The xsl:fo has the following block of
> code:-
> 
> <fo:block background-color="#ffffff" border-color="#000000"
> border-style="none" border-width="0pt" font-size="10pt"
> margin-bottom="0.3in" margin-left="0.1in" margin-right="0.1in"
> margin-top="0.1in" width="100%">
> On the top of all pages...
> </fo:block>
> 
> In PDF the border doesn't print, but in AFP it does.  Ideally we would
> like PDF and the AFP to be the same.  Now I know we can remove the
> border attributes, but the xsl:fo is produced by a third party tool,
> so we have a few hoops to jump throught to get them to remove all the
> border commands!!

That sounds suspiciously like a bug. I'll try and reproduce the problem
locally, but unfortunately I don't have much time for hacking at the
moment, and Pete is on holidays for a few more weeks yet. If your
implementation timescale is less than a month, you'll probably need to
look at removing the border (sorry!)

Of course, any other volunteers are always welcome to submit a patch ;-)

Cheers,
Joe