Spread Span

This extension is used for inserting in flow, blocks that are continued on the next page.

Spread span is defined by using several attributes applied to fo:page-sequence.

·	xf:spread - activates spread span for the page sequence to which it was applied to.

- type: Boolean

- default value: false

·	xf:split-sheet-pages - when set to false, the pages that contain spread blocks will be merged into a single page in the output.

- type: Boolean

- default value: true

A block is spanned on multiple pages if:

·	xf:spread is applied to the fo:page-sequence element that contains the spanned block and its value is set to true

·	xf:spread-span is applied to the respective block and its value is set to true

Example of usage:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:xf="http://www.ecrion.com/xf/1.0" xmlns:xc="http://www.ecrion.com/2008/xc" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" font-family="Times" font-size="12pt">

<fo:layout-master-set>

<fo:simple-page-master master-name="Letter Page" page-width="8.500in" page-height="5.000in">

<fo:region-body region-name="xsl-region-body" margin-left="0.700in" margin-right="0.700in" margin-top="0.700in" margin-bottom="0.700in"/>

<fo:region-before region-name="xsl-region-before" display-align="after" extent="0.700in"/>

<fo:region-after region-name="xsl-region-after" display-align="before" extent="0.700in"/>

<fo:region-start region-name="xsl-region-start" extent="0.700in"/>

<fo:region-end region-name="xsl-region-end" extent="0.700in"/>

</fo:simple-page-master>

</fo:layout-master-set>

<fo:page-sequence master-reference="Letter Page" xf:spread="true" xf:split-sheet-pages="false">

<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-after" font-family="Times" font-size="12pt">

<fo:block> </fo:block>

</fo:static-content>

<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-before" font-family="Times" font-size="12pt">

<fo:block><fo:inline font-size="20pt">Page <fo:page-number format="1"/></fo:inline></fo:block>

</fo:static-content>

<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-end" font-family="Times" font-size="12pt">

<fo:block> </fo:block>

</fo:static-content>

<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-start" font-family="Times" font-size="12pt">

<fo:block> </fo:block>

</fo:static-content>

<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">

<fo:block>

Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here

</fo:block>

<fo:block background="red" xf:spread-span="true">

This text spans on the next page. This text spans on the next page. This text spans on the next page. This text spans on the next page.

</fo:block>

<fo:block>

Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here Text here

</fo:block>

</fo:flow>

</fo:page-sequence>

</fo:root>

Output:

spreadspan