> -----Original Message----- > From: Ganesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > That is right, I am NOT using XSLT right now, I am using Velocity for > the typical data merge with Java beans (java beans from fed in by > another application). And Velocity is indeed very fast after caching the > velocity templates. > > However I am stuck up with FOP (0.20.5) now, it takes a long time > processing the fo tables? I did the profiling and it was taking too much > of time in tables, tablerow, tablecell. Is there anyway I can optimize > this? I have around 20 tables with each 20 rows and 5 cells. Is there > any way to optimize fo tables (I do NOT have nested tables)? Is there > any alternative to fo-tables, or should I try something with fo block > and manipulate it to give look and feel of a table? >
I dunno for sure... As I understand, a table is processed from beginning to end and kept in memory for as long as its processing is not completely finished. ( If you were to use a layout of one table containing 400 rows, this would diminish performance significantly... The other way round maybe? Use a different table for each row? ) > I tried to generate PDF of same size with just block text, it finished > the whole processing in half the time. Any help in this regard would be > of immense help. > Of course, this would also depend on the content of the table-cells. Processing text is far more straightforward than graphic data ( so, try using the formats for which FOP has native support - reduces having to access methods in other libraries, e.g. Batik / JAI ). > Thanks for the information. I am planning to use some authoring tool and > in the process try to learn XSL-FO and do the best possible XSL-FO with > help from you people. But I designed the whole template with fo tables > and it slows down the PDf a lot. Also, for an example of a GUI app in which you can design documents visually and save it in fo format, try Inventive Designers' Scriptura http://www.inventivedesigners.com/ I admit, it's distgustingly expensive, but the demo allows you to save in fo-format 5 times or so... Should get you going. ( hope you have a high-speed connection, though ) Greetz, Andreas Delmelle --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
