Re: Using XSL for creating DOS batch files

Oh, by the way, with FOP, you can make these commands simpler. FOP assumes 
that the first argument is an FO file and the second is a PDF output 
target file. So, the following commands do the same thing:

fop -fo somefile.fo -pdf somefile.pdf
fop somefile.fo somefile.pdf

In a batch file, use:

call fop somefile.fo somefile.pdf

In other words, you only need the -fo, -pdf, and other  switches if you do 
something else.

While the Windows batch utility has nowhere near the capability of a real 
scripting languge, you can get a lot done with it. I use elaborate batch 
files to do a bunch of error checking, call other scripts to prepare 
values for use in parameters, call Saxon to create the FO files, and then 
call FOP to create PDF files.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services