RE: [xsl] Creating multiple PDF files from a single XSL-FO script

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  fop -d -c fopConfiguration.xml -xml work\A.xml -xsl 
> SLT\22Headingpdf.xsl  -pdf work\a.pdf  fop -d -c 
> fopConfiguration.xml -xml work\B.xml -xsl 
> SLT\22Headingpdf.xsl  -pdf work\b.pdf  fop -d -c 
> fopConfiguration.xml -xml work\C.xml -xsl 
> SLT\22Headingpdf.xsl  -pdf work\c.pdf  fop -d -c 
> fopConfiguration.xml -xml work\D.xml -xsl 
> SLT\22Headingpdf.xsl  -pdf work\d.pdf ...
>  fop -d -c fopConfiguration.xml -xml work\Z.xml -xsl 
> SLT\22Headingpdf.xsl  -pdf work\z.pdf
> 
> That is, running my XSLT script on the individual index files.
> The first entry works, and creates my first PDF file (a.pdf), 
> but FOP  exits the batch file after running the first entry - 
> the later lines are never run.
> 
> So, two questions:
> (1) Can I prevent FOP from exiting the batch file?
> (2) Or, should I be asking this question on another list, and 
> if so, which one?
> 

Generally, as David Lee showed dramatically in a Balisage paper last week,
using shell script languages to control this kind of processing pipeline is
really bad news. You're much better off with say XProc or xmlsh or ant.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay