That error means exactly what it says. The file you're passing with the -xsl parameter is incorrect. It's not xslfo. Your xsl file is designed for viewing xml in a browser, not for transforming xml into a document. HTML xsl (http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/default.asp) Xslfo (http://www.w3schools.com/xslfo/xslfo_documents.asp)
That xslfo page shows how to create the fo which would be the xsl combined with xml, as it doesn't have the stylesheet tag. The file FOP is looking for on the -xsl parameter is the combination of those, with the stylesheet tag and the fo:root tag. The FO tutorials explain how you can mix the xsl and fo together (http://www.w3schools.com/xslfo/xslfo_xslt.asp). -----Original Message----- From: italocardwell [mailto:italo.cardw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:26 AM To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: RE: Apache FOP Newbie needs Help Converting XML to PDF Sorry the -xm was a fat finger. I was using -xml and even if I change the file name to test it still produces the same error. Complete error below. SEVERE: Exception javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "html") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO do cument. Eric Douglas wrote: > > -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-54992cd >>> c >>> 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-P > DF-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 > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Apache-FOP-Newbie-needs-Help-Converting-XML-to-PDF-tp31105999p31106816.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
