I always thought that SVG was mainly an alternative to flash. I can see how it could be used as a reporting language, but I still like the look of XSL:FO, as it leverages the same XSLT skills that I already need. Is there some reason why xHTML + CSS + SVG is a better option?
Erick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Birkby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Using XML/XSLT to generate WinForm reports > 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. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
