• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Working with WSDL Documents
• Chapter 13: Building XML Pipelines
  • What is an XML Pipeline?
  • The XML Pipeline Editor
  • Steps for Building an XML Pipeline
  • Planning an XML Pipeline
  • Use Case: Building order.pipeline
  • Working with Nodes
    • Types of Nodes
    • Adding Nodes to an XML Pipeline
    • XQuery and XSLT Nodes
    • XSL-FO Nodes
      • Input Port
      • Output Ports
    • Pipeline and Related Nodes
    • Validate Nodes
    • Choose Nodes
    • ConvertToXML and ConvertFromXML Nodes
    • Stop and Warning Nodes
    • XML Parser Nodes
    • XML Serializer Nodes
  • Working with the XML Pipeline Diagram
  • Debugging an XML Pipeline
  • Generating Code for an XML Pipeline
  • XML Pipeline Node Properties Reference
• Chapter 14: Publishing XML Data
• Chapter 15: Integrating with Third-Party File Systems
• Chapter 16: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 17: The Stylus Studio Java API
• Chapter 18: Stylus Studio GUI Reference

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XSL-FO Nodes

XSL-FO nodes convert their input to PDF using the FO processor specified in the XML pipeline's execution framework. See Specifying an Execution Framework for more information on this topic.

They are created automatically when an XQuery or XSLT document that specifies post-processing is dropped directly onto the XML pipeline canvas. You can also create one by dragging the XSL-FO icon from the s. The only property you can specify for an XSL-FO node is its name.

Input Port

XSL-FO nodes have a single input port that you use to specify the XML to be converted to PDF. This node expects XML defined using the FO grammar. You can specify a default value, or the value can be dynamic (the output from another node in the XML pipeline, for example). XSL-FO nodes are typically piped to XQuery and XSLT nodes, but they can be piped to any node that outputs XML using the FO grammar.

Output Ports

XSL-FO nodes have a single output port, used to specify what to do with the result of the transformation. Typically you use the Copy to URL property to write the output PDF to a file system, but you could also pipe it to a converter that does something with the PDF, or to a Pipeline Output node.