On Thursday 28 February 2002 16:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm using FOP in a Windows environment and I want if possible to > > be able to process a large batch of .fo files using a script. The > > easiest way for me to do this is to use FOP as a COM object. > > Can I do this?
Not out-of-the box AFAIK, only MS-specific java programs will work as COM objects, or you need a COM-to-java bridge which is not very common and usually fairly hard to setup. It might be much easier to simply call FOP as an external process, something like "java . . . org.apache.fop.apps.Fop". Another option would be to use FOP over an HTTP interface: configure FOP as an HTTP servlet (using Cocoon for example) and call it from your ASP code: -ASP sends HTTP request to FOP backend -FOP responds with a PDF document which ASP can use Depending on your configuration FOP or Cocoon might have to make another request to your app to get the input XML - sounds a little complicated but is not hard to do once you get a clear picture of the interactions. This would give you a much more modular solution, and much less configuration headaches. Hope this helps! -- Bertrand Delacrétaz (codeconsult.ch, jfor.org) buzzwords: XML, java, XSLT, cocoon, mentoring/teaching/coding. disclaimer: eternity is very long. mostly towards the end. get ready.
