Answered on fop-users. On 18.11.2010 16:16:41 Eric Douglas wrote: > So I sent a message to the fop-users list yesterday because there's > something I can't figure out how to do, but it might belong on the dev > list if there actually isn't a way to do it? So I'm a little > confused... > > Here's my case. > > I'm using FOP 0.95 jars for reporting with embedded code in > client-server programs using webstart. I start with an XML file and an > XSL file on the server. I can transform these on the server and get the > results in an output stream which I can send to a printer or copy to the > client and save as a PDF on their local machine. That works great. > > Now I have an option to send the output to a custom print preview window > using the PreviewPanel object. That of course has to be created on the > client. I don't see any way to use the output stream from the transform > on the server as input to that object. The only way I currently have it > working is to stream down the XML and XSL files and do the transform on > the client. It seems this loads the data into the PreviewPanel object > because the PreviewPanel constructor passes in the FOUserAgent, which is > also the input parameter to the FopFactory.newFop() method, the > Fop.getDefaultHandler method is the input to the SAXResult constructor, > and the SAXResult is the input to the transform so they're all linked. > This takes a lot longer than transforming on the server and getting the > output stream which can either be printed or saved as a PDF. Am I > missing something? Does all of this processing have to be done on the > client to use the PreviewPanel? It has a third input parameter of class > Renderable. It seems this refers to an interface, but I don't see > anything which implements it or returns an object of this class. Do I > need to create my own custom class to use it? Does this need to be > connected to the FOTreeBuilder or DefaultHandler class? Why does > AWTRenderer have a setRenderable method but no getRenderable method? >
Jeremias Maerki
