Jeff, Despite your question is more about Docbook specific points, than FOP, I'll try to give you an idea.
If you are using Docbook, try the following 2-step transformation. 1. Use xsltproc to create a FO file using default Docbook: xsltproc --xinclude --output book.fo <path_to_your_docbook_xsl_stylesheets>/docbook-xsl-1.76.1/fo/docbook.xsl book.xml As a result you will get .fo-file: book.fo 2. Using FOP try to create PDF: fop book.fo book.pdf Hope this helps. P.S. If you are using Windows OS, replace the slash to the opposite one (sorry, but I forgot about what slash is reverse and what is normal). -- Best regards, Eduard Tibet -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Walton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:55 AM To: mehdi houshmand Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Default XSL Stylesheet for PDF? On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:48 AM, mehdi houshmand <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > FOP is an FO processor, as such it takes FO as input, not XML (even > though FO is XML, XML isn't FO). You need to make sure your input is > valid FO, then either use the -fo parameter or no parameter since it's > the FOPs primary input. OK, thanks (I think). > If you were curious the -xml input is used in conjunction with an XSLT > (thus the -xsl parameter) to transform said XML file to FO. There is > no "default" PDF stylesheet, this mechanism is merely a helper since a > lot of users create FO using a transform. OK. xalan also complains about a style sheet. These style sheets seem important. $ xalan -in book.xml XSLT Error: Failed to process stylesheet. (line -1, column -1.) XSLException Type is: XSLTProcessorException Message is: Failed to process stylesheet. (Unknown URI, line -1, column -1) > So assuming your book.xml is valid FO, the command would look like: > $oreilly-handbook$ fop book.xml -pdf book.pdf OK, thanks. Out of curiosity, how do you create a PDF from a XML (DocBook) book. I haven't had any luck with docbook2pdf, xsltproc, xalan, fop, etc. I am amazed at how difficult the designers/architects have made this process. Here's what the sample book looks like (the chapters are similar): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd";> <book> <title>DocBook Authoring Guidelines</title> <xi:include href="bookinfo.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; /> <xi:include href="ch00.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; /> <xi:include href="ch01.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; /> <xi:include href="ch02.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; /> <xi:include href="ch03.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; /> </book> Jeff $ fop book.xml -pdf book.pdf Oct 25, 2011 3:48:53 AM org.apache.fop.cli.Main startFOP SEVERE: Exception org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "book") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "book") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:217) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:125) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:166) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:197) Caused by: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "book") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:502) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:214) ... 3 more Caused by: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "book") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:262) at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:163) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.startElement(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:1073) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.xinclude.XIncludeHandler.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl$NSContentDispatcher.scanRootElementHook(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:485) ... 4 more --------- javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "book") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:502) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:214) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:125) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:166) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:197) Caused by: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "book") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:262) at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:163) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.startElement(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:1073) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.xinclude.XIncludeHandler.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl$NSContentDispatcher.scanRootElementHook(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:485) ... 4 more --------- org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "book") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:262) at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:163) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.startElement(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:1073) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.xinclude.XIncludeHandler.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl$NSContentDispatcher.scanRootElementHook(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:485) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:214) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:125) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:166) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:197) /oreilly-handbook$ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
