Re: xml to pdf or word

STEP 1
xml+xslt -------> an xsl-fo marked up document

STEP 2 ( magic )
there is a FOP processor which converts xsl-fo -----> PDF


there are other methods


cheers, jim fuller



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Darwin" <addarwin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:12 AM
Subject: Re:  xml to pdf or word


> I still don't get this.  I think i'm being really
> stupid, but....
> 
> The way I think it should work is that I have some
> xml, which I translate through an xslt using the xslt
> formatting objects.  This is all done dynamically by a
> user accessing an asp page, selecting a few options
> and pressing a button.  the pdf then magically pops up
> on the screen.
> 
> From the examples I have found on the net, I can't see
> how this works, as they seem to create the pdfs before
> hand and not on the fly (i.e. using java compiler)
> 
> Is what I want to do possible?
> 
> am I just being stupid?
> 
> all help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Adam
> 
>  --- Mailer Mailer <maillistboxes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
> Hi Adam,
> > 
> > I have done this kind of work, but my pdf views are
> > very simple. My architecture that there will be an
> > xml, which should be validated my DTD and I have
> > created an xsl which will generate the PDF with that
> > information. My requirement was to create an
> > existing
> > xml to PDF. I converted that XML to another XML and
> > then finally converted to PDF.
> > Please see the PDF structure first, it is a tree
> > structure and suitable to be represented as XML.
> > Check examples in PDFSpecs1.3
> > 
> > -Deep
> > 
> > 
> > --- Adam Darwin <addarwin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Thanks, but (and I may be missing something here)
> > > these are compiled with java.  I need to generate
> > > the
> > > pdf on the fly, so that a user selects a number of
> > > options, clicks a button and the pdf opens in
> > their
> > > browser/computer.
> > > 
> > > is this possible?
> > > 
> 
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