Re: Re: What is the future of XSL-FO

"G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu na mensagem
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> Both RenderX and Antenna House .NET connections ... what is the barrier to
> commercial tools?

The cost.

> Can you consider only getting rid of commercial proprietary reporting
> tools?  By using a commercial XSL-FO tool you have the protection of
> non-proprietary technology investment and flexibility to move your
> intellectual property to other implementations.

Good thoughts. I did not think about these other advantages.

> Note there is more than one open source XSL-FO tools: FOP and xmlroff are
> two that come to mind right away.

I have seen a bit about thesse tools, but they are not .NET libraries. There
is a port of FOP to J#; I ran some tests but it worked not; I'm still
sweating for make it work.

Cheers,

Celio Cidral Junior




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