We render inline SVGs on linux (RHEL7 atm) all the time, without needing to install anything special - although it does pull in a "headless" version of openjdk.
Which linux? Which java? Which version of FOP? Matt On Sun, 23 Jan 2022 at 14:01, <xmlgraphics.d...@apconsult.de> wrote: > Hi there, > > we are using Apache FOP to generate PDF's & have an issue with SVG's. > > To include an SVG we're using something like the following... > > <fo:block> > <fo:external-graphic src="classpath:image/MyImage.svg" > content-width="150mm"/></fo:block> > > The above works fine in all environments. > > Now I'm trying to inline an SVG in the Stylesheet, like this... > > <fo:block> > <fo:instream-foreign-object content-width="272.6mm"> > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; <http://www.w3.org/2000/svg> > width="780" height="120" viewBox="0 0 780 120"> > <g style="fill-opacity:0;stroke-width:2;stroke:black"> > <rect x="2" y="2" width="254" height="99"/> > <rect x="256" y="2" width="485" height="99"/> > </g> > </svg> > </fo:instream-foreign-object></fo:block> > > That works OK under Windows, but when deployed on our Linux Server, seems > to do nothing. > > I have read some comments on the Apache FOP Website about it using Apache > Batik to render SVG's > and that this requires a Graphical Environment, so will not work in many > Unix configurations. > > What I don't understand is, how come the external SVG is working ok on the > Unix Server & inline is not? > > Also, the Apache FOP Website recommends a Tool called PJA toolkit > <https://www.eteks.com/pja/en/> to workaround this issue, > but it looks very dated, so I wonder if its going to work with our JDK 17? > (and indeed its developer, Emmanuel Puybaret, is quite surprised anyone > would still be recommending use of this tool) > > I would be grateful if anyone has some Info about this. > > All the best, > Dave > -- Matt Kynaston Lead Developer Tel: +441225851666 www.claritum.com Claritum Limited. Registered Office: 37 Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 4DA Registered in England and Wales 3878694
