The only vector graphics format supported by FOP is SVG.
I don't have any specific recommendations for you, but you may find the following
somewhat helpful (with an emphasis on Visio-produced graphics):
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/docbook-apps/2002-q2/msg00082.html
HTH.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: O'Donnell, Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:53 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: FOP images formats
>
>
> I used xalan, FOP (both from apache) and the docbook
> stylesheet to turn my
> docbook XML into pdf.
>
> This seemed to work fine.
>
> I really want to have images in my final pdf which are
> composed of a photo
> with text callouts. If possible I would like the callouts and
> text to be
> scalable objects rather than bitmappy.
>
> In the past I have imported photos into Ms Word docs, used Word to put
> labels on them and then used Acrobat to make the pdfs. The
> resulting images
> are nice and clear and the labels scale up nicely when
> magnified. I can
> search on the text of the callouts etc.
>
> I notice that docbook supports wmf format for imagedata,
> which i think would
> do the trick. However, I wonder, is it possible for FOP to
> render these kind
> of images into the final pdf? When I try it, the images don't
> appear. I
> think maybe FOP can only do bitmap style images (like jpeg and gif).
>
> Has anyone else tried to do what I am trying to do? Any result?
>
> ta
>
> V
>
