I would like to know why FOP enthousiast (I am one) are using FO rather
than products such as Crystal Reports or other such software (anyone
Jetfoms ?). Just for the fun of playing with new technology ?
Thanks for any hints (in private since this is off-topic)
Patrick Andries
FOP does almost all we need. What's missing can be added, since it's
OpenSource, right?
We're currently working on a project for an insurance company where
Compuset is used and is to be replaced by an XML/XSLT/XSL:FO-based
approach. One of the reasons for this decision was using freely
available
When I started working with Docbook, Passivetex was a mistery to me and
RenderX was not on the map yet. I've set up all my tool chains to work with
Fop as the PDF/PS/PCL rederer so I don't see a reason to change. However
there are still times when I'm about to shell out money and spend it on
Interesting, I also have experience in Compuset. Do you known Mr. Bulman
?
Are you happy with FO's speed ?
So do I understand that Jetform does not produce clean PS ? Isn't it easier
to use as FO (I do nor really know Jetform) ? Is it expensive ?
Thanks a lot (when you have some time).
Interesting, I also have experience in Compuset. Do you known Mr. Bulman ?
I personally don't have any experience with Compuset. Sorry.
Are you happy with FO's speed ?
No. But that doesn't matter so much at the moment, because we will start
small and have designed our solution to be scalable
FO offers a way to produce high quality documents way beyond Crystal
Reports possibility.
If your needs are entirely fullfiled by tools like Crystal Report, I
suggest you stick to it or advise your customer/user to do so.
On the other hand, If you have to deal with more sophisticated needs, or
Has anybody managed to get a Java Servlet to accept xml, xsl stylesheet
including fo and render to pdf? I've been struggling for days and am
running out of time before I have to abandon FOP for this project. If
possible, include your xml, xsl, and servlet code so I can work from there.
Thanks in
Yes, at least the XML part. The XSLT is on the server so the client doesn't
send it, but I could get it exactly the same way I get the XML.
What exactly are you having problems with? Writing the servlet code to
retrieve an XML document from a POST?
Scott
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My problem seems to be in the transformation of the xml and xsl stylesheet
(which includes fo elements). My servlet takes an fo document fine, but my
problem is I need it to take xml (either in a stream or a file) and an xsl
stylesheet that can format the xml very specifically for print. I get a
I'm working with fop 0.20.3rc using the Docbook XSL stylesheets version
1.48. I'm getting the following errors:
[ERROR]: Error in column-width property value '33%':
org.apache.fop.fo.expr.PropertyException: No conversion defined
[ERROR]: At least one of minimum, optimum, or maximum IPD must be
When I try and perform an xml/xsl transformation with the FopServlet I get a
FOPException: Namespace not supported. Rendering an fo file with the
servlet works. Anyone know how to fix this issue? If we can solve this
issue maybe we should include the improved example code in the distribution
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