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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? ]]> http://forums.jcatalog.com/forums/posts/preList/187/9955.page http://forums.jcatalog.com/forums/posts/preList/187/9955.page GMT
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.
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