----- Original Message ----- From: "Erick Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 14:27 Subject: Re: Using XML/XSLT to generate WinForm reports
> 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? SVG can be rendered client side, so putting less load on the system. But it doesnt by itself support the more complex 'multi-page' style of PDF/RTF; you have to put SVG areas inside HTML or some other container doc, which is kind of wierd. SVG is more than 'just' an alternative to flash; you could almost view it as a graphically rich successor to HTML; retaining style sheets and scripting and adding decent fonting, curves and paths and the like. Adobe may position it as their flash alternative, but it prints so well you could even, apart from the issue above, use it as a PDF replacement. > ----- 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. ...then why is there no support for SVG in MS browsers 'cept for the adobe plugin? You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
