trying to extend FOP to handle Barcodes

Hi all, I am trying to add a new element called barcode ( fox:barcode/fox:barcode) to the PCL rendering FOP. I would like to be able to insert this into a table or block and have the parser to attach the correct pcl command that i will define, whenever it sees this element. For example if I do

Re: trying to extend FOP to handle Barcodes

I haven't done this before you I can try to give you some pointers: 1. Have a look at this page: http://xml.apache.org/fop/extensions.html 2. I'd implement your extension as fo:instream-foreign-object, like SVG is implemented. Example: fo:block fo:instream-foreign-object

RE: trying to extend FOP to handle Barcodes

Raffi, I have a servlet that i wrote which takes as parameters a string to encode as a barcode, the barcode type, and the size in pixes you want the barcode to be. It returns a GIF image. Jason - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

RE: trying to extend FOP to handle Barcodes

thank you Jason, I have found a servlet that does the same, but I can not convert the image in the pcl output file. I need the image to be in the pcl output file to send to the printer. Thank you. -RafTired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.