I have a Web front end and I am trying to handle layout with tables, because my tables all contain a col with a width- in pixels, what is the best way to handle it inside the pdf to get a consistent layout…?
I am using fo.net and the code I use to convert pixels to in is: However on different machines I am getting inconsistent results…
<xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="floor(@width div 72)"/>
<xsl:text>in</xsl:text>
Is there a way using c# to get the screen resolution and any other info to get a more accurate result?
To answer my own question… use % with a fixed max width on the table, that way I can get the Xsl to work out the % of each column based on the total width of a table. This workaround seems like the best and most felxible way to handle my situation, the biggest problem is, pixels cannot be translated into xsl fo – if a person is working on a page then moves onto a different machine the outputted pdf could be drastically different.
On the note: I would like for mm to be supported alongside pixels in WYSIWYG editors… as I am using jquery client side I will most likely enhance my tables therefore requiring me to create this plugin. I hope this info helps anyone else who wants to create pdfs from client side WYSIWYG editors, I am sure this info can be applicable for other scenarios too… 🙂