Subject: Re: Aw: [xsl] PDF output - file can't be opened From: "Michele R Combs mrrothen@xxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 18:23:15 -0000 |
Cool!! I have got Oxygen, so will give that a try. It is kind of fun to go through the raw XSL-FO, I didnbt know what it looked like. Michele From: Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 1:10 PM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Aw: [xsl] PDF output - file can't be opened Michele, In case you are an oXygen XML user, FOP comes bundled and is available from the middle tab of an XSLT Transformation Scenario - it is run as a post-process, consuming the XML produced by the transformation (using the XSL-FO vocabulary to which Martin refers). If you have no oXygen, FOP is not difficult to run from the command line, as described on the Apache web site. Additionally, there are commercial XSL-FO engines available that support features unavailable in FOP. Keep in mind that if is written to one of these (and uses extension features, optional features etc), your XSL might not produce the exact PDF expected using a different formatter. Beyond keeping your eye on tracebacks for errors and warnings, the best way to defend against this is by examining both the PDF output and even the XSL-FO XML intermediate, to make sure things look tight. Good luck -- Wendell On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 11:32 AM Michele R Combs mrrothen@xxxxxxx<mailto:mrrothen@xxxxxxx> <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxx rytech.com>> wrote: Hi Martin b Ah. So if I understand correctly, therebs an additional transformation needed: xml ==> xsl-fo ==> PDF. I shall go and investigate this Apache FOP! Thanks -- Michele From: Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx<mailto:martin.honnen@xxxxxx> <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxx rytech.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 11:27 AM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Aw: [xsl] PDF output - file can't be opened XSLT produces XSL-FO , not PDF. To convert XSL-FO to PDF , use Apache FOP. -- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android Mobiltelefon mit GMX Mail gesendet. Am 23.12.21, 17:19 schrieb "Michele R Combs mrrothen@xxxxxxx<mailto:mrrothen@xxxxxxx>" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxx rytech.com>>: Hi b A colleague sent me a style sheet they use to convert XML to PDF. Ibm using saxon and running it using a command line in a batch file, with the command as follows: java.exe -cp saxon9he.jar net.sf.saxon.Transform -t -s:"../other_peoples/bertha/VdM_EAD export.xml" -xsl:"../other_peoples/bertha/at_MetModified.xsl" -o:../other_peoples/bertha/test.pdf When I run it using their XML, it successfully produces a PDF file but when I try to open the file Adobe gives me this error: Adobe Acrobat could not open btest.pdfb because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damagedb&. So: their XML, their XSL, my XSL processor and command line. I can open the output PDF file in Notepad and view all the fo:blocks and so on. However, when I attempt to open some other random PDF for comparison I just see a bunch of random illegible stuff. So Ibm thinking that my output is missing some particular bit of info that makes the file a legit PDF. What might be causing this problem? Do I need to tweak the style sheet, for example, or my command line to properly produce PDF? Ibve never worked with PDF files and donbt know much about them. Thanks Michele +++++++++ Michele Combs | Lead Archivist Special Collections Research Center Visit our blog! library-blog.syr.edu/scrc/<http://library-blog.syr.edu/scrc/> Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443-2081 | e mrrothen@xxxxxxx<mailto:mrrothen@xxxxxxx> | w scrc.syr.edu<http://scrc.syr.edu> SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY syr.edu<http://syr.edu> XSL-List info and archive<http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> EasyUnsubscribe<http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/582271> (by email) XSL-List info and archive<http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> EasyUnsubscribe<http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/1127818> (by email) XSL-List info and archive<http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> EasyUnsubscribe<http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/174322> (by email) -- ...Wendell Piez... ...wendell -at- nist -dot- gov... ...wendellpiez.com... ...pellucidliterature.org... ...pausepress.org... ...github.com/wendellpiez.<http://github.com/wendellpiez.>.. ...gitlab.coko.foundation/wendell... XSL-List info and archive<http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> EasyUnsubscribe<http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/1127818> (by email<>)
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