I am fop-newbie who is willing to generate PDF using Apache FOP, as described below
[ Imagine A4 page has dimensions 800pt x 600pt. The top 200pt x 600 pt will
hold a image and some meta data about the entity. The space below this region
needs to contain the description, but in two-column format (like newspapers).
Sometimes description is so-big, that it spans mutiple pages. ]
I plan to create .fo file using the data I have, and then get PDF using Apache FOP. When I use
<fo:region-body
margin-top="1cm" margin-bottom="0.25cm"
column-count="2" column-gap="0.25in"/>
:
<fo:external-graphic src="url('image.jpg')"/>
<fo:block ..... >
the image appears, but text starts from the top of the second column on the page, on top of the image. Please guide me, how to go about designing this layout. Any pointers to similar design will be useful. Thanks all