Hi Ming, No, you can not build the fo file first and add the xsl piece later on. XSLT does not work this way. The fo namespace is required to output fo instructions to meet the xsl-fo specification which is read by FOP.
Altova's stylevision is good when you are just learning, but eventually you will need to learn how to code xsl-fo. Regards, Phil Ming Yu wrote: > . > > Hi, > > I'm new to xslfo but I have been using xslt for a while. My question is, > what is the best practice to output xml to pdf? As far as I understand, > those are the step involved: > > 1. xml -> xslfo through xslt > 2. xslfo -> pdf through FOP > > But when writing xsl for step 1, I have to put all the fo coding inside > xsl for the formatting. It seems to be very distracting. > > If I know what data I want from the xml file and what design I want for > the pdf output, is it possible to build the fo file first and add the xsl > piece later on? I saw that xmlspy provides a tool to generate xsl:fo file > from a design. Is this a good tool to use? > > Any help is highly appreciated! > > Ming > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/xslt-and-xslfo-tp24572152p24572979.html Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
