Ganesh wrote:
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?.
Have a look on AbiWord. It could read and write *.fo and many other formats.
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
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