RE: [xsl] FOP - what, where, when, how?

Subject: RE: [xsl] FOP - what, where, when, how?
From: "Andy Joslin" <andy.joslin@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:03:22 -0000
FOP produces PDF files that are comparable in every way with Acrobat writer/distiller or whatever. Recent versions of IE/NN & Acrobat reader should recognise the filetype .pdf and open the PDF file directly in the browser no problem. 




-----Original Message-----
From: W. Eliot Kimber [mailto:eliot@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 March 2002 15:49
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] FOP - what, where, when, how?



> Alastair Growcott wrote:

> > but still lack much information that I will be studying up on. I am also
> > unsure about the nature of PDF and licensing issues, and what the
> > difference is between the FOP output and the stuff that Adobe's Acrobat
> > writer program produces.

FOP can only produce PostScript, which you would then distill into PDF
using Acrobat Distiller.

The commercial XSL implementations XSL Formatter (Antenna House) and XEP
(RenderX) both provide direct-to-PDF options.

As far as I know, it is not possible or practical to have a browser do
the XML-to-PDF process.

Cheers,

Eliot
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