-xm? Try -xml? Then take the dashes out of your file name, or try putting it in quotes.
-----Original Message----- From: italocardwell [mailto:italo.cardw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:10 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Re: Apache FOP Newbie needs Help Converting XML to PDF I was using fop -xm la91ec9d3-e021-4e5e-933f-54992cdc415c.20110308172937.xml -xsl ccr.xsl -pdf test.pdf Peter Hancock-2 wrote: > > Hi, > > Can you tell us exactly which files you are using when you invoke fop, > please. > Your command should look something like fop -xml foo.xml -xsl foo.xsl > -pdf foo.pdf judging by the files you have attached. > I am guessing you missed out the -xml/-xsl flags, leading FOP to > believe you were supplying an FO file. > > When an XML and XSL files are supplied, FOP will perform an XSLT > transform using the Xalan XSLT Xalan library (I am guessing you will > need to know more about this stage in your project), generating the FO > document stream that is then processed to generate the output in the > desired format: > > XML + XSL -> [XSLT transformer] -> FO -> [XSL:FO processor] -> PDF > > This initial stage just saves on from having to do the transform first. > > I hope this info helps, > > Peter > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:43 PM, italocardwell > <italo.cardw...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Ill be upfront I know nothing about XML. I am a SQL developer and I >> have a project where I need to convert XML files to a PDF. The XML >> are going to be the same format every time with different data in >> them. I am wanting to use apache fop 1.0 at the command line to >> convert these. I am getting an error every time that I attempt to do >> this. I will attach the files and the error. Would someone please >> help me out. Thanks. >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31105999/a91ec9d3-e021-4e5e-933f-54992cdc >> 415c.20110308172937.xml >> a91ec9d3-e021-4e5e-933f-54992cdc415c.20110308172937.xml >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31105999/ccr.xsl ccr.xsl >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31105999/date.format-date.template.xsl >> date.format-date.template.xsl >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31105999/str.padding.template.xsl >> str.padding.template.xsl >> >> The error that I get states that fo needs to be in xml-fo format. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/Apache-FOP-Newbie-needs-Help-Converting-XML-to- >> PDF-tp31105999p31105999.html Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list >> archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Apache-FOP-Newbie-needs-Help-Converting-XML-to-PDF-tp31105999p31106656.html Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
