For anybody who may be searching this list in trying to find the answers to the questions I am asking, this is how it is done :
XML File : <repeater> <tubby> <name>Dipsy</name> <colour>Green</colour> </tubby> <tubby> <name>Laalaa</name> <colour>Red</colour> </tubby> <tubby> <name>Po</name> <colour>Purple</colour> </tubby> </repeater> XSL File : <xsl:for-each select="repeater/tubby"> <fo:block> Name : <xsl:value-of select="name"/> / Colour : <xsl:value-of select="colour"/> </fo:block> </xsl:for-each> This will generate the following pdf : Name : Dipsy / Colour : Green Name : Laalaa / Colour : Red Name : Po / Colour : Purple Once again thanks to all those who replied -----Original Message----- From: Manuel Reyes Sent: 20 November 2003 11:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Merging XML and FO files That's great, thanks a lot for those files they more or less cover everything I needed to know. One small thing though, due to the nature of the documents I am creating the ability to create "intelligent" tables is essential. As an example I have a table called "foos" in which all my foos are listed, the data being held in a database. Now as the total of foos I have increases (or decreases), I will need to regenerate the table (PDF) and this table needs to look professional. So I need something that will allow me to create dynamic tables that will only contain the amount of rows I need to add the details of the foos in the database. I had a look around on http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/ I found some information about basic merging, but nothing on dynamic merges. -----Original Message----- From: Manjush G. Menon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 November 2003 06:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: Merging XML and FO files Iam sorry the about the missed attachment. -- Manjush G Menon /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / Respect for open standards FSC Consultant X No HTML/RTF in email FSC SGB Governing body member / \ No M$ Word docs in email ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manjush G. Menon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Merging XML and FO files > > Hi, > > Iam using FOP in a similar scenario. As Charles said, its XSLT that you need > > Please try out the XML/XSL:FO attached. > > -- > Thanks > Manjush > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:59 PM > Subject: RE: Merging XML and FO files > > > > The instructions at this link > (http://xml.apache.org/fop/running.html#standalone-start) seem pretty clear to > me. I think the piece you are missing is an XSLT stylesheet to convert your XML > to XSL-FO. > > -- > > Charles Knell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Manuel Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:51:51 -0000 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Merging XML and FO files > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am currently working on an application that will pull data values from a > database and place these into an XML file. The resulting XML file is then to be > merged with an FO template file and the result would be used to generate a PDF > > > > The reason for the mail, is that I wanted to get opinions on the best way to > go about doing this. In my minds eye I have the following idea : > > > > XML File (containing data values) : > > <merge_test_report> > > <field_values> > > <value id="@value1">abc > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
