convert XML to PDF in my ada application

convert XML to PDF in my ada application

[evangeli]

hello !
i am writing an ada application which can generate some outputs in an
xml format.
i would also like to generate a pdf file of this output.
is this possible?
i have seen some tools that convert xml to pdf but i am not quite sure
on how to proceed.
i would greatly appreciate if you had some hints on how to do this

Sami

Re: convert XML to PDF in my ada application

[Georg Bauhaus]

On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 05:40 -0700, evangeli@cnam.fr wrote:
> hello !
> i am writing an ada application which can generate some outputs in an
> xml format.
> i would also like to generate a pdf file of this output.
> is this possible?

You could write or reuse one or more XSL style
sheets/transformations.

XML --+
       \--> FO --> PDF
       /
XSL --+

This setup can represent one program, or a connection by
by pipes, collaborating processes, etc.

FO means Flow Objects. There are a number processors taking FOs
to PDF, including Apache Fop, RenderX XEP, and Antenna House 
XSL Formatter.

Another option is to use a text processor like FrameMaker,
OpenOffice Write, Ventura, etc., and feed them the XML data,
after teaching them how to render this kind of XML data.

HTH,
 Georg 

Re: convert XML to PDF in my ada application

[Simon Wright]

Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:

> FO means Flow Objects.

Formatting Objects.  (not that I know what they are!)

Re: convert XML to PDF in my ada application

[Georg Bauhaus]

On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 22:52 +0100, Simon Wright wrote:
> Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:
> 
> > FO means Flow Objects.
> 
> Formatting Objects.

Yes, thanks for the correction. I mixed them up with
DSSSL Flow Objects ...