Group

Create a virtual page that behaves like a real page but is not placed into the PDF.

Child elements

Contents, Grid

Parent elements

AtPageCreation, AtPageShipout, Case, Contents, ForAll, Function, Loop, Otherwise, Record, SavePages, Until, While

Attributes

name (text)

Name of the group that is created.

Example

<Record element="data">
  <Group name="Some group">
    <!-- Optional, taken from the current page -->
    <Grid width="10mm" height="10mm"/>
    <Contents>
      <PlaceObject column="3" row="2">
        <Textblock width="14">
          <Paragraph>
            <Value>Text</Value>
          </Paragraph>
        </Textblock>
      </PlaceObject>
      <PlaceObject column="2" row="4">
        <Textblock width="14">
          <Paragraph>
            <Value>Next text</Value>
          </Paragraph>
        </Textblock>
      </PlaceObject>
    </Contents>
  </Group>
  <PlaceObject groupname="Some group" row="1" />
</Record>

See also

The section about Groups (virtual objects).