Re: [lmi] xsl changes in cvs HEAD

[Evgeniy Tarassov]

On 7/13/07, Murphy, Kimberly <address@hidden> wrote:
> 1 - On the group_private_placement.xsl, the 'Placement Agent' at the
> end of the Narrative Summary had previously (lmi-20070525T1440Z) been
> split over two pages. With the latest code, it now prints all on one
> page. However, the problem is an extra page with just headers and
> footers prints. Can we remove this extra page?

I think I have found the root of the issue -- the extra padding at the
bottom of the last sentence of the first page of 'Narrative Summary'.
I can't replicate the issue you are describing (and therefore I can't
verify its fixed) -- if it is not gone after the update, could you
please send me the illustration data you have used to create the PDF
output?

> 2 - On the offshore_private_placement.xsl, the heading 'Net Crediting
> Rate' is not centered over the columns 'Sep Acct' and 'Gen Acct'. This
> was corrected for the nasd.xsl file but inadvertently was missed for
> offshore.

Fixed. Thank you for discovering the inconsistency!

> 3 - On the nasd.xsl, on the individual and composite Basic Life
> Illustration, the 'x% Hypothetical Gross Return' headings are now
> three lines instead of two. Please revert back to two lines as in
> lmi-20070625T1908Z.

Fixed. The defect was in empty columns width being changed to 100% of
the columns with content.

> On the same illustration, I observed that a group of five years was
> pushed onto the next page which resulted in an extra page of the
> illustration. Previously, thirty years of values printed and now only
> twenty-five prints, although there appears to be enough room. Can we
> revert this and print thirty years?

Fixed.

> 4 - On the illustration_reg.xsl, the Tabular Detail headings
> 'Guaranteed Values' and 'Non-Guaranteed Values' are left-aligned
> versus centered. Similarly, on the Numeric Summary, the heading
> 'Certification Statements' is left-aligned and not centered. Please
> center these headings.

Fixed along with (3).

> 5 - On the Supplemental Report, the following column titles span a
> different number of lines than previously with lmi-20070525T1440Z:
> * Policy Year
> * BOY Lives Inforce
> * Net Outlay
> * EE Gross Payment
> * ER Gross Payment
> * Curr Loan Int Accrued
> * Net Death Benefit
> * Curr Claims Paid
>
> Also, while these column titles span the same number of lines, they
> are split differently on the lines than previously:
> * Experience Rating K Factor
> * Account Value Released on Death
> * Experience Rating Curr Net COI Charge

These changes in supplemental Report columns titles spanning was meant
to be corrected by the patch:
http://lmi.tt-solutions.com/codestriker/codestriker.pl?topic=6740752&action=view

If the patch is rejected then it could be worked around, but if the
patch is accepted then the previous formatting of Supplemental Report
columns would be restored.

> After you've corrected items numbered 3, 4 and 5, is there a way to
> prevent them from resurfacing again?

I've scanned through the *.xsl files and corrected few places that
could produce the similar issues. The candidates are mostly non-null
padding-bottom (i.e padding-after) attributes which produce trailing
spaces.

The (3) could be backed up by inserting hard (non-breaking) spaces
into column titles. IMO we should not do this because if it happens
that the paper width is not large enough for all the titles, then the
hard-spaces will force titles to overlap, which is much worse than
having some titles span. Both effects (titles text overlapping or
title text spanning differently over multiple lines) are undoubtedly
bogus, but IMO the former is much worse than the latter.

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Best wishes,
Evgeniy Tarassov