Hi, Thank you for the reply. I am not using XSL-FO from XSLT. I using Apache Velocity which has an inbuilt template language (VTL) to fetch data from Java Beans on to any text file. The dynamic data are merged with XSL-FO template using Velocity and the resulting XSL-FO file is then given to FOP for generating PDF.
I agree that reverse compiler are not precise, but I am a novice in XSL-FO template creation. It would be of great help if any tool can provide a good start on which I can build on. It would be good enough if I could copy-paste the PDF file content onto some XSL-FO editor and it generates the XSL-FO for me. Is anybody aware of such a XSL-FO editor?. I heard of XMLSpy, when I searched the Google, but not sure which is best for my requirement(ie., with existing PDF and free if possible). Regards, Ganesh -----Original Message----- From: Glen Mazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 5:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Convert existing PDF to XSL-FO tool Reverse compilers, for whatever languages, are quite rare and usually buggy, wouldn't you say? Furthermore, editing XSL FO directly is cumbersome, so you would probably want an XML source instead that you can run against an XSLT stylesheet to generate your XSL FO. It may be better to try to access the original documents that made the PDF to begin with--Microsoft Word, perhaps. (Or, copy and paste your PDF into text format.) Convert--manually if need be--into XML, then create & modify your XSLT stylesheet to generate the output desired. If you're starting from scratch Docbook may be the best option as an XML format for your documents--although FOP cannot completely handle its standard stylesheets at this time. Glen --- Ganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Genies, > > I would like to know if there is anyway to convert > the existing PDF file > to XSL-FO file. This is basically for migrating the > manual process of > creating PDF to XSL-FO way. I already have a PDF > which is created > through manual process, I want to convert the same > to XSL-FO and then > manipulate it later. It will be great if any of you > knows such tools. > > Thank you. > > Regards, > Ganesh > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
