Subject: Re: [xsl] Converting Word document to PDF (with FOP) From: "Jay Bryant" <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:42:13 -0500 |
Shoulda been "Hi, Joe". I was reading one message down or thinking one message up, depending on perspective. Sorry for any confusion. Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Bryant" <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [xsl] Converting Word document to PDF (with FOP) > Hi, Jonas, > > I often convert XML to PDF via FOP. I have created the DTD and XSLT files > needed to create software manuals, white papers, data listings, and many > others. FOP can create just about any document, so long as you work within > its limitations. As with many things (including XSLT), people get frustrated > and think FOP is a bad tool when they expect it to conform to their way of > thinking. If you instead accommodate its way of doing things, it works fine > and can be quite powerful (I produce 2000-page data listings with it). I > have not needed columns, but I have no doubt that I could get FOP to do it. > Many of the books I produce use images, though, and FOP handles them well. > FOP also handles SVG, which can be quite useful for certain tasks. > > If you have more specific questions, let me know, either here or privately. > > Jay Bryant > Bryant Communication Services > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Heidenreich" <HeidenreichJ@xxxxxxxx> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:43 AM > Subject: Re: [xsl] Converting Word document to Pdf > > > > This is something we've been researching as well. Generating PDFs from > XML in XSLT 1.0. However, we need to generate a two column pdf, which is > apparently a problem when doing an XML to PDF conversion. Is that > possible through FOP? Can you also integrate images? > > Unfortunately for the Cocoon suggestion, we use IIS, not Apache. Any > information from personal experience would be greatly appreciated. > > Joe > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonas Lundberg [mailto:my.name.is.hans@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:19 AM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Spam:Re: [xsl] Converting Word document to Pdf > > In my own system, I use Cocoon http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/ Cocoon has > a serializer using FOP to create PDF. > You can also install Saxon, to get XSLT 2.0 In this environment, I > transform word HTML to PDF. > > Hans
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