tables and absolute placement

Hi,

I'm in the process of evaluating XSLFAST and I'm having some problems with tables. When I insert a table in the middle of the form and absolute placement is true only one row will print. When absolute placement if false all the rows print at the top of the form. I added a text box in the middle of the page hoping this will keep my table in place but that didn't work either. Is this a bug in the trail version?

Please check if your table has enough space to show all rows, by increasing table frame.

Practically, elements with relative placement have no exact sizes and positions; it handled in order as it shown on screen (left-right, then top-bottom). The exact positions and sizes are computed automatically depending on content.

For absolute placement, it works different: the sizes and positions are used as you specified, without correction.

What it means?

If you'll place table template on page, it usually have limited height to table row sub-template. When you switching table to absolute positioning, the current table frame sizes become the full table sizes. As result, your table looks like one row table, because all other rows aren't fit into sizes you have.

Thanks Victor for your quick response! That fixed my problem.

One more question. I've been reviewing the tables examples that came with the product and I've notice that the examples have text boxes and images with absolute placement of true above their tables (the table is almost in the middle of the page) and the table absolute position is false. When I execute the example the table stays in the middle of the screen where when I do it it moves to top. Am I missing a property setting?

I figured it out. I had to change the region body size.