* convert XML to PDF in my ada application
@ 2006-05-05 12:40 evangeli
2006-05-05 18:33 ` Georg Bauhaus
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From: evangeli @ 2006-05-05 12:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
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
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* Re: convert XML to PDF in my ada application
2006-05-05 12:40 convert XML to PDF in my ada application evangeli
@ 2006-05-05 18:33 ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-05-05 21:52 ` Simon Wright
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From: Georg Bauhaus @ 2006-05-05 18:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
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
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* Re: convert XML to PDF in my ada application
2006-05-05 18:33 ` Georg Bauhaus
@ 2006-05-05 21:52 ` Simon Wright
2006-05-05 23:56 ` Georg Bauhaus
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From: Simon Wright @ 2006-05-05 21:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:
> FO means Flow Objects.
Formatting Objects. (not that I know what they are!)
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* Re: convert XML to PDF in my ada application
2006-05-05 21:52 ` Simon Wright
@ 2006-05-05 23:56 ` Georg Bauhaus
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From: Georg Bauhaus @ 2006-05-05 23:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
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 ...
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