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Subject:    Re: [xsl] program to merge xsl and xml to create a pdf
From:       joseph.a.gilvary () census ! gov
Date:       2012-09-20 11:02:09
Message-ID: OFA5B58D85.7D60D8E8-ON85257A7F.003C7D88-85257A7F.003C9F74 () census ! gov
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FOP is from Apache. It's a Java project that lets you create (among other formats) \
PDF from XML via XSL transformations. The fop-user mail list and its archives are \
good sources for learning, as are the online docs at \
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/. That link is to the main site, where you'll also \
find the downloads and links to the mail list.   
As Chris said, FOP can run in Tomcat. That includes Tomcat (or another Java app \
server like Oracle, JBoss, etc.) on Windows. If you're using IIS or something \
similar, you'll need some way to execute Java on your Windows server to include FOP \
in your solution.  
 HTH,
 
 Joe



-----David Ryan <dgdunk@gmail.com> wrote: ----- 
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From: David Ryan <dgdunk@gmail.com>
Date: 09/19/2012 08:56PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] program to merge xsl and xml to create a pdf


Thanks, I am new to this side of things. This would be running on a
windows server.  Is FOP something I need to download and install?

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Christopher R. Maden <crism@maden.org> wrote:
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> On 09/19/2012 08:14 PM, David Ryan wrote:
> > I am looking for an inexpensive way to create a pdf output given
> > the xsl and xml files.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> > Ideally, this would work on a web based html or java function
> > call.
> 
> <URL: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=xml+xsl+pdf >
> 
> Depending on what exactly you want, FOP is probably your best bet.
> You're unlikely to get anything that actually runs *within* the
> browser; I'm not sure the browser would know what to do with a PDF
> instance if you did succeed in doing that.  FOP can run inside Tomcat
> or other server-side systems, and as an Open Source tool, can be
> integrated into whatever Java-based system you already have.
> 
> ~Chris
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