Good point. Here's my problem: I need to generate on-demand some good-size PDFs (a few hundred pages) for a lot of users. Our tests with FOP indicate it is too resource intensive to do on my web servers for this many users, so I'd like to generate XSLT and somehow let the client's PC do the transform to PDF.
If applet is not practical, I wonder if there are any browser plug-ins that can do it (hopefully much smaller than 5MB)? It would be great if Adobe produced a version of Acrobat that can consume XSLT and render the PDF directly, but I have not heard anything to indicate they are working on this. -----Original Message----- From: "M�ller, Markus" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: FOP in production app (clienside) Hi, You have to consider the additional JARs used by FOP (Xalan, Avalon, ...). IMHO you get somewhat around 5 MB of JARs. It will take a long time for your users to download so much stuff (at least the first time they use the applet). This was the reason for us to have FOP on the server and send PDF from there to the client. Markus $> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- $> Von: Van Camp, Kenneth (Exchange) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] $> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. M�rz 2003 14:56 $> An: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' $> Betreff: RE: FOP in production app $> $> $> I saw a number of posted responses to David's query but it $> seems like most $> respondents are using FOP on the server side. Is there much $> experience in $> using FOP on the client side, say inside of an applet? I am $> interested in $> streaming XSLT to the user's browser and having an applet $> transform it into $> a PDF, then invoke Acrobat reader to render it on the desktop. $> $> Is this a common application? It is related to this thread $> in that I am $> concerned about production support in such an environment. $> $> Is there a better way? Thanks. $> $> Ken Van Camp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $> $> -----Original Message----- $> From: Holk, David A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] $> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:37 PM $> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' $> Subject: FOP in production app $> $> $> Is anyone using FOP in a production app? $> $> Should I expect a commercial product like XEP or $> XSLFormatter to be more $> robust in a production application? $> $> Any experiences/comments appreciated. $> $> David Holk *********************************************************************** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
