Re: Help getting started with XSL PDF generation

If you render xsl-fo, you can get pfd code, but you have to render it
with a rendering engine (That somehow makes sense, doesn't it?).
xsl-fo is just xml.

But you are also right, if you set the content type to text/pdf, then
you could instruct the browser to launch a rendering engine plugin
(instead of having a rendering engine on the server side). However, I
have not seen any such plugin / or any built-in browser support for
that. Maybe, some one else has seen that?

Hans

On 10/20/05, Karl Stubsjoen <kstubs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was think'n; that the rendered xsl:fo transformations would result
> in *pdf* code, and then by setting the content type of the browser to
> text/pdf, that the transformation would happen client side... am I off
> my rockers?  I'm thinking that a PDF rendering engine is not
> necessary.
>
> Karl..
>
> On 10/17/05, Maximilian Gdrber <max@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > you could create pdf's directly with a library such as iText,
> > http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/
> > or use a rendering engine, a list can be found at
> > http://www.xslfo.info/software.aspx
> >
> > Regards,
> > Max
> >
> > Karl Stubsjoen wrote:
> >
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I need help getting started with PDF generation using XSL.  My intent
> > >is to create PDF document reporting from my website.  What do I need
> > >to get started?  Here is my development platform:  .NET, XSLT 1.0
> > >
> > >Can PDF's be created with pure XSL transformation, or do you need a
> > >print-engine of some sort?
> > >
> > >Karl..