xsl:fo How to draw checkboxes

Question

guys I need a checkboxes in my xsl:fo document and so the question, is their a way in fo ,or need I an picture(graphic) ?

I use FOP and xslt 2.0

Here is a picture of the checkbox

Answer 1

Using a font that contains a checkbox image is one way (Wingdings has a few checkboxes). But you can also place SVG code in your FO template.

Example for a 5x5 mm rectangle (off the top of my head, needs checking):

<fo:block>
    <fo:instream-foreign-object>
        <svg width="5" height="5">
            <rect width="5" height="5" style="stroke-width:0.5;stroke:rgb(0,0,0)" />
        </svg> 
    </fo:instream-foreign-object>
</fo:block>

And you need to declare the svg namespace in your FO template: xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"