RE: Generating PDF on the fly using on the fly XML

Try looking into Cocoon...I use it to take data from a database, parse it into an xml file, transform it using XSLT into an FO file and render the resulting FO file as PDF on the fly...it handles pictures/text/forms just fine. You can find it at www.apache.org/Cocoon. Hope this helps! Bob

RE: differenct space needed for different letters?

Yes...you need to used a fixed width font (like Courier) as opposed to a proportional font (like Times New Roman). Proportional fonts base the distance between letters on the actual width of the letter (e.g. w is wider than i so it gets more space). Fixed width fonts assign the same width to

RE: why some talbe cells have thiner border?

I have noticed this too...it appears to be a matter of how the exact positioning of the borders is done. I created a form with several boxes on it and I had to play around with the xslt for quite a while before I got all of the box borders to coincide exactly on the printed form (we made the

Re: Showing FO output

I think having the ability to view the FO source would be both very helpful for debugging and also great for learning what is going on. My $0.02 Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]