sheet_journal.dat

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!-- This file contains the definition of the output sheet used for journal output.
      The sheet is a spillover sheet, allowing it to be rendered repeatedly until
      all of the journal entries have been output properly.
-->

<document signature="Hero Lab Data">

  <!-- Table of journal entries
        Make sure that we designate the table as having items of varying height.
        That way, each journal entry can shrink or expand to contain the full extent
        of its description text.
  -->
  <portal
    id="oJournTbl"
    style="outNormal">
    <output_table
      component="Journal"
      showtemplate="oJrnPick"
      showpicks="yes"
      varyheight="yes">
      </output_table>
    </portal>


  <!-- oJrnPick template
        This template presents the content of each individual journal entry.
  -->
  <template
    id="oJrnPick"
    name="Output Journal Pick"
    compset="Journal">

    <portal
      id="name"
      style="outTitle">
      <output_label>
        <labeltext><![CDATA[
          @text = field[jrnTitle].text & " - " & hero.actorname
          ]]></labeltext>
        </output_label>
      </portal>

    <portal
      id="info"
      style="outNormal">
      <output_label>
        <labeltext><![CDATA[
          var infotext as string
          var spacing as string
          spacing = "{vert 20}"
          call JrnInfo
          @text = infotext & field[jrnDescr].text
          ]]></labeltext>
        </output_label>
      </portal>

    <position><![CDATA[
      ~both the name and info should span the full width
      portal[name].width = width
      portal[info].width = width

      ~update the height of the info portal based on the new width
      perform portal[info].autoheight

      ~position the info beneath the name
      perform portal[info].alignrel[ttob,name,8]

      ~our height is the extent of the bottommost portal
      height = portal[info].bottom
      ]]></position>
    </template>


  <!-- oJournal layout
        This layout contains only the table of journal entries.
  -->
  <layout
    id="oJournal">
    <portalref portal="oJournTbl"/>
    <position><![CDATA[
      ~position and size the table to span the full layout
      perform portal[oJournTbl].autoplace
      ]]></position>
    </layout>

  <!-- journal sheet
        This sheet is a spillover sheet, so it will continue to be printed as long
        as there remain journal entries that have not yet been printed. The sheet
        consists of the single layout that renders the table of journal entries.
  -->
  <sheet
    id="journal"
    name="Journal"
    spillover="yes">
    <layoutref layout="oJournal"/>
    <position><![CDATA[
      ]]></position>
    </sheet>


  </document>