--- Ricardo Coutinho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all,
> 
> I have the requirement to draw shapes/lines (horizontal, vertical, diagonal)
> based on x/y coordinates passed on to me. Is this possible?

Well yes - that is what SVG is for. It is a way of describing graphics
in XML. Fop (in conjunction with Batik) can convert much of SVG (but not all)
to PDF. 


> I checked the xslfoRef.pdf that comes with FOP and there was no indication
> that this is possible. I have also searched the net and came up with no
> references/examples.

Eh?
 
> If someone has any ideas/examples, I would be grateful if you would pass
> them on to me.

Loads of SVG examples are downloadable from the website - you might find them
in docs/examples/svg in your downloaded  distribution. There is a small SVG
test suite available.  

Goodluck

Alex McLintock
(Just back from the Linux Expo in London )



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