> From: Ganesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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. >
Not sure what to make of this: first you don't use XSL-FO from XSLT, but you *are* using an XSL-FO template? (Would the latter be a FO in which some sort of a classic search-and-replace is performed? In that case, I do think XML+XSL-FO is a more than valid alternative. Meaning: perform the merging with Velocity in a 'template XML' that could afterwards be styled - e.g. via Xalan - to deliver the FO) > 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). First of all, I know of no such tool ( In fact there are AFAIK no tools that take a pdf as basis and deliver some other output-format, I guess the process would just be too complicated ). Also, difficulties would probably arise when a tool like this would deliver XSL-FO containing tags or constructs not yet supported by FOP ... Second, I think XMLSpy would not help you out here ( AFAIK they do offer an alternative to FOP, so I cannot help but NOT recommend you this ... ;) ) And third, I really think this would not be a good way for an XSL-FO-novice to start learning XSL-FO template creation. Start from scratch as this will definitely learn you more about what the fo-tags do... (first-hand experience and all that) If you insist, however, on having someone/something else perform the pdf to fo translation, send us a pdf and I would be more than willing to help you on your way to make a fo for that kind of layout. Greetz, Andreas Delmelle --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
