Re: FOP - what, where, when, how?

Alastair Growcott wrote:
> > the XML as HTML. Can I do this when converting
> into PDF? I.e. if I
> > double click on the XML it will automatically be
> displayed by Adobe
> > Acrobat reader?
> 
> No and never. XSL FO, to which you can transform via
> XSLT, and PDF is 
> not the same. You still need a renderer. Maybe there
> will be a 
> PDF-renderer-engine-plugin anytime. But until that
> date definitively not.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joerg
I think No  and never is a little harsh -- afterall,
acrobat reader IS a pdf renderer engine -- if Alastair
ran his transformation as a dynamic server side
transformation to pdf, then
wouldn't the display of the resultant text in the
reader plug in be pretty much what Alastair asked for
in the first place?
Just my $.0000002
Rick Silterra


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