Creating Table Bodies: fo:table-body

Creating Table Bodies: <fo:table-body>

The table body holds the actual content of tables, and you create table bodies with <fo:table-body> elements. This element is the one that contains the actual <fo:table-row> elements, which in turn contain the <fo:table- cell > elements that hold the data for the table.

You can use the following properties with the <fo:table-body element:

• Common Border, padding, and background properties: background-attachment , background- color , background-image, background-repeat , background-position-horizontal, background-position-vertical, border-before-color, border-before-style, border-before-width, border-after-color, border-after- style, border-after-width, border-start-color, border-start-style, border- start-width, border-end-color, border-end-style, border-end-width, border-top-color, border-top-style, border-top-width, border-bottom-color, border-bottom-style, border-bottom-width, border-left-color, border-left-style, border-left-width, border-right-color, border-right-style, border-right-width, padding-before, padding-after, padding-start, padding-end, padding-top, padding-bottom, padding-left, padding-right

• id

• relative-position

As you can see in Listing 11.5, I use <fo:table-body> to create the tables body in tables.fo, as follows :

 <fo:table>      <fo:table-column column-width="30mm"/>      <fo:table-column column-width="30mm"/>      <fo:table-column column-width="30mm"/>      <fo:table-column column-width="30mm"/>      <fo:table-column column-width="30mm"/>      <fo:table-column column-width="30mm"/>      <fo:table-body>          .          .          .      </fo:table-body>  </fo:table> 

After starting the tables body, you use one <fo:table-row> element for each row in the table.