Multi-Page Content

Tables across pages

Tables automatically break across pages. If you define a <TableHead>, it repeats on each new page:

<Table>
    <TableHead>
        <Tr><Td><Paragraph><Value>Header</Value></Paragraph></Td></Tr>
    </TableHead>
    <!-- Hundreds of rows... they'll flow to new pages automatically -->
</Table>

Individual table cells are never split – each cell is rendered as a single box. If a row doesn’t fit on the current page, it moves to the next one.

Page breaks

Force a new page with <ClearPage>:

<Record match="catalog">
    <ForAll select="category">
        <ProcessNode select="."/>
        <ClearPage/>
    </ForAll>
</Record>

Frame switching

If an area has multiple frames, use <NextFrame> to jump to the next one:

<NextFrame area="text"/>

If there’s no next frame, a page break is inserted and content continues in the first frame of the area on the new page.

Positioning frames for multi-column layouts

Define multiple frames within a single area to create flowing multi-column layouts:

<DefineMasterPage name="threeColumn" test="true()" margin="1cm">
    <PositioningArea name="text">
        <PositioningFrame width="5" height="20" row="1" column="1"/>
        <PositioningFrame width="5" height="20" row="1" column="7"/>
        <PositioningFrame width="5" height="20" row="1" column="13"/>
    </PositioningArea>
</DefineMasterPage>

Content placed in the “text” area fills the first column, then flows to the second, then the third. When all three are full, a new page is created and the cycle repeats.

See also

• ClearPage reference
• NextFrame reference
• PositioningArea reference