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Advice on WYSIWYG XSLT designer for ERP forms printing

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  • Subject: Advice on WYSIWYG XSLT designer for ERP forms printing
  • From: "Michael Panosh" <michael.panosh@p...>
  • Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:23:59 +1000
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  • Thread-topic: Advice on WYSIWYG XSLT designer for ERP forms printing

erp forms

We currently take an XML data stream from our ERP system for forms and reports but transforming the output to look slick is way too hard because the XSLT is generated by the report program when a report is run and is based on hard-coded design rules.  You can insert an XSLT but it needs to be hand crafted and it’s time consuming and very iterative.  Viewing the form or report is via a bespoke viewer that uses the Internet Explorer engine to render the XML into HTML.

 

What I am looking for is the ability to design our outward facing forms (invoices, statements, purchase orders etc.) using a WYSIWYG application that competent users can use to generate the XSLT.  As an analogy, I’m thinking along the lines of Microsoft FrontPage in terms of ease of use and access by non-experts.  It would allow the placement of logo’s, styles, page headers/footers etc.  Once designed, the XML form data and XSLT would be combined to print, fax, e-mail, generate PDF attachment etc.   I have also been looking at XSL-FO as an output if HTML is not specific enough for pagination etc. 

 

Note that form can span many pages and is typically made up of a header section (typically customer details go there), a body with repeating sections that are usually line items of transactions, and a footer section that may include payment options or a ‘tear off here’ section with payment details for a paper deposit.

 

So my question is, has anyone come across any WYSIWYG XSLT apps that would be appropriate for forms?

 

Regards, Michael

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Michael Panosh
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Pronto Software
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