Am 08.08.2001 15:51 Uhr schrieb "Alex McLintock" unter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> --- Ulrik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,
>>
>> I recently downloaded FOP and played around with it since I was searching a
>> way to convert the XML-source of a website into a printable version (for
>> example creating a printable version of a xml-driven ecommerce-product
>> cataloge)
>>
>> I wasn't able to produce a .pdf from my XMLs with the working XSL, but I was
>> successful with the "test" fo-files from the FOP distribution.
>>
>> Now, what are Fo-files? (I said I was a newbie!)
>
> FOP reads in XML in a particular XML format defined in the XSL:FO spec.
> We usually give these xml files the fo extension and call them fo files.
>
>
>> Can I transform my XML into those .fo-files?
>
> Some people take their XML and convert it into the alternative XML fo format
> prior to feeding to FOP. Hopefully you know enough XSL/XSLT to convert your
> XML into XSL:FO.
OK, so where can I find specifications about this fo-standard and how a
compliant XML looks like?
The problem I have (and maybe I am completely misunderstanding the FOP
project) is the following:
I have the content of a website in XML and an XSL-stylesheet, which
transforms this XML into HTML. This is done via an ASP-scripts which I run
after making any changes to the XML (since most browsers are not yet
XML-ready). Now I thought I could drop this XML and XSL files into FOP to
get a print-ready pdf.
If I understand it right, the problem is my XSL-stylesheet. The XML uses a
DTD which makes conform XML-files, so this shouldn't be the problem. So I
have to create a XSL-Stylesheet which is compatible with FOP. Am I right? If
so, where can I find specifications?
Sorry for the newbie questions ;)
Thanx!
Ulrik
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