NAME: PS FORMS
DESCRIPTION:
This is one of several XSLT transforms provided by UNIBASE. It produces paginated ps forms such as invoices.
XML SPECIFICATION
| TAG | DESCRIPTION | CONTENT | ELEMENTS (* multiple elements allowed) | ATTRIBUTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| document | Container for document forms – root tag of the XML | watermark form* | units height width offset-x offset-y rows cols | |
| watermark | Watermark to go on each page of the document | box* | font-face font-size shade rgb red green blue background-shade background-rgb background-red background-green background-blue | |
| form | Layout for one of more pages | head body tail? watermark | name newpage orientation font-face font-size offset-x offset-x-even offset-x-odd offset-y offset-y-even offset-y-odd rows cols width align height grid-shade grid-red grid-blue grid-green grid-width shade rgb red green blue background-shade background-rgb background-red background-green background-blue | |
| head | Page layout for form | box* | font-face font-size shade rgb red green blue background-shade background-rgb background-red background-green background-blue | |
| body | Lines of text/images for page. Automatically paginated | heading line* imagetab newpage rule | ||
| tail | Additional layout at end of form (typically totals etc) | box* | font-face font-size shade rgb red green blue background-shade background-rgb background-red background-blue | |
| box | Container for page content | bar* line* imagetab newpage rule barcode | font-face font-size llx llx-odd llx-even lly lly-odd lly-even urx urx-odd urx-even ury ury-odd ury-even border-width border-shade border-rgb border-red border-green border-blue background-shade background-rgb background-red background-green background-blue shade red green blue corner corner-left corner-right corner-top corner-bottom corner-ll corner-lr corner-ul corner-ur check-height check-width check-lines check-shade check-red check-green check-blue rotate | |
| bar | Vertical bar in box | position in units from left side of box | width shade red green blue | font-face font-size shade rgb red green blue background-shade background-rgb background-red background-green background-blue width |
| barcode | Print an ean128 barcode | barcode to print | llx lly height print type | |
| heading | Heading to print at start of page | line* rule* | ||
| image | Image to display | Local path to image | align anchor bottom fade height no-image-tab pos top width | |
| imagetab | Move vertically to at least the bottom of all images | |||
| line | Line of text/images | text* image* pageNumber* p* | font-face font-size shade rgb red green blue background-shade background-rgb background-red background-green background-blue orphan orphan-height siblings vertical-tab | |
| p | paragraph of text | text to print as paragraph | ||
| newpage | New page if another line is printed | |||
| pageNumber | print current page number | |||
| rule | draw a line across the page | height width shade rgb red green blue | ||
| text | Text to be printed | text | font-face font-size link pos x width align height shade rgb red green blue background-shade background-rgb background-red background-green background-blue underline-shade underline-red underline-green underline-blue |
| ATTRIBUTE | VALUES |
|---|---|
| align | left|center|right |
| anchor | Anchor image to top or bottom of line |
| background-* | set background colour of a box or text to shade or red/green/blue values |
| blue | number [0-1] – amount of blue in a colour |
| border-* | draw a border around a box of width points in shade or red/green/blue values |
| check-* | fill box with checks of height x width and colour as shade or red/green/blue values |
| cols | number – columns of a form on a page |
| corner-* | put curved corners on box of units radius |
| fade | number – < 1 makes image darker, > 1 makes image lighter |
| font-face | postscript font name |
| font-size | number – printing points (72 points to the inch) |
| green | number [0-1] – amount of green in a colour |
| grid-* | Background grid shade|red,green,blue |
| grid-width | width of grid |
| height | number (units) – height of a rule or an underline |
| link | Add a link (url etc) to a text element |
| llx | number (units) – lower left from side |
| llx-even|odd | number (units) – lower left form side on even or odd pages |
| lly | number (units) – lower left from bottom |
| lly-even|odd | number (units) – lower left from bottom on even or odd pages |
| name | text |
| newpage | Start form on a new page otherwise it follows the previous form |
| offset-* | number (units) – move whole form or document x and y from bottom left |
| offset-*-* | number (units) – move whole form or document x and y from bottom left. even|odd – only for even or odd pages |
| orientation | landscape|portrait |
| orphan | start a new page if this is the last line on a page |
| orphan-height | start a new page if height in units can’t fit on the page |
| pos | number (units) 0 – anchor position in a line (left or right depending on align) |
| rgb | hex value for RGB. NB uppercase required. and no leading #. eg FF0000 (red) |
| red | number [0-1] – amount of red in a colour |
| rotate | number (degrees anti-clockwise) to rotate box on page. Not that the rotation is around the center of the box. |
| rows | number – rows of a form on a page |
| shade | number – shade of gray (0 black -< 1 white) |
| siblings | number of sibling lines to put on page or skip to new page |
| top | display image units below top of line |
| underline-* | set underline colour of text to shade or red/green/blue values |
| units | in|mm – units of measure, inches or millimeters |
| urx | number (units) – top right from left |
| ury | number (units) – top right from bottom |
| vertical-tab | start a new page |
| width | number (units) |
