Subject: Re: [xsl] Working example xml+xsl to .fo file From: "vasu chakkera" <vasucv@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:55:48 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) |
Eleonora, You have to understand how the FO works. And things will look much brighter to you. Before going into XSL:FO , you need to know about XSLT. If you understand well that XSLT can transform XML into any output format file you desire, then we are one step closer. The First Step in a PDF production is to Produce a .FO file from XML. An XSL file is written to produce this .FO file. This .FO file is sent into what is called a PDF renderer to produce the PDF files. Google for renderx, FOP , antennahouse etc, and you can read quite a lot on these. Let us now do what you asked for : a Hello World example: Consider you have an XML : <?XML version="1.0"?> <hello> Hello World </hello> You write a XSL as below to produce a .FO file. ==================================================================== <?XML version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3 org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="/"> <of:root xmlns:of="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" > <of:layout-master-set> <of:simple-page-master master-name="LetterPage" page-width="8.5in" Page-height="11in" > <of:region-body region-name="PageBody" margin="0.7in"/> </of:simple-page-master> </of:layout-master-set> <of:page-sequence master-reference="LetterPage"> <of:flow flow-name="PageBody"> <of:block> <xsl:value-of select = "hello"/> </of:block> </of:flow> </of:page-sequence> </of:root> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> ========================================================================= Running the Transform results in ============================================================================= ==== <?XML version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <of:root xmlns:of="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"> <of:layout-master-set> <of:simple-page-master master-name="LetterPage" page-width="8.5in" page-height="11in"> <of:region-body region-name="PageBody" margin="0.7in" /> </of:simple-page-master> </of:layout-master-set> <of:page-sequence master-reference="LetterPage"> <of:flow flow-name="PageBody"> <of:block> Hello World </of:block> </of:flow> </of:page-sequence> </of:root> ============================================================================= = Now if you use any FO renderer , you will get a PDF with Hello World. To get a quick check , you can download the antennahouse xsl formatter. It allows you to select a .FO file and converts it into PDF file. http://www.antennahouse.com/ This is a pretty good tool to play around with the FO. As it looks simple, please do not think that FO is simple, I strongly advice you to read atleast to the level of fair understanding on how to write the stylesheets to produce an FO file and what is the structure of a FO tree and the formatting specifics. Google for XSL:Fo and you will soon find loads of articles .. HTH Vasu -------Original Message------- From: eleonora46@xxxxxxx Date: 18/11/2008 18:18:18 To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [xsl] Working example XML+xsl to .of file Dave, Typo. XML+xsl I read http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/bible2/chapters/ch18.html It says all the time: File *.xsl and *.XML has been run through an XSLT processor to produce an XSL-FO document, And I should like to see a working example for this run. I am unable to find out, How it gets those .of files. Thanks, eleonora -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:13:06 +0000 > Von: Dave Pawson <davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > An: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: Re: [xsl] Working example XML+xsl to .of file > eleonora46@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Yes. I need a working example that creates from > > XML+csl a .of file, and not a HTML file. > > what's a 'csl' file? > > > regards > > -- > Dave Pawson -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehvrt? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger
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