Microsoft see xHTML + CSS + SVG as the universal display formatting technology, not XML + XSL:FO. They like XSLT as a _data_ manipulation language, not as a presentation language.
The problem with XSL:FO is that it encourages the mixing of data (styles) and code (Transformation templates) which we've all been trying to get away from for the past 7 years. Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Phill Tornroth > Sent: 12 April 2002 16:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Using XML/XSLT to generate WinForm reports > > > Ok, not with a ten foot pole.. Seriously? Apache's FOP is amazing, we've > been working with it for documentation and reporting for a over a > year now. > I'm very much planning on using it in our .NET project too. > > On a side note, I specifically asked Mr. Box (and maybe he can comment > further if he's reading) about the lack of XSLT:FO.. I can't > quote him, but > he essentially told me that XSLT wasn't something Microsoft finds all that > valuable. > > I'd LOVE to see more FO implementations. It's a really powerfull tool. If > someone starts a managed FO project.. let me know. > > ~Phill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] Using XML/XSLT to generate WinForm reports > > > I would really like to use XML and XSLT to generate reports for > viewing in a > WinForm application. However, I can't find a good solution to show the > resulting report. It seems like XML-FO with a PDF or RTF output > format would > be best, but all the projects out there are Java, which I don't want to > touch with a 10 foot pole. I could embed a WebBrowser Ax control and show > the report as HTML, but that doesn't have a lot of appeal for me, > mainly due > to the interop. Can anyone think of a better solution? > > On a related note, it seems like someone with some Java knowledge > could port > these over to C# fairly quickly (J# -> IL -> C#). Is anyone moving Java > projects to C# like this? I would do that for jfor if I know my way around > Java better. > > Erick > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
