Building complex logic in XSLT is very hard to do. Some if else is possible but not recursion for example sometimes needed for complex algorithms.
John --- In [email protected], "Chris Serio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah i'd be using .NET. I'm not sure what XSLT is but i'm going to > look into it right now...The database is pretty simple but the > drawing needs to have some logic to it so that wires don't cross on > the schematic etc. > > The database will just be a from-connector #, from-pin #, to- > connector #, to-pin # and some wire gauge/type for each. > > Chris > > > --- In [email protected], "William McKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > What sort of c/c++ environment are you using? One option would be > to find > > something like 'kode' (part of debian linux, I believe) that would > generate > > c++ classes or templates from the RelaxNG schema for svg. Those > classes > > could then be used to generate SVG objects. If you are in the .NET > > environment, you might want to consider using ADO.NET to get your > database > > objects as XML, and then using XSLT to transform them into SVG. > Really > > fairly flexible and elegant, if you can deal with XSLT. > > > > ~Bill > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:svg- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Chris Serio > > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:47 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [svg-developers] Re: Newbie SVG Developer > > > > Thanks for the info. I was hoping to find a high level API with > basic > > functions built into it like "DrawColoredRectangle > > (x,y,len,width,color)" > > > > There's a very near deadline on this project so i'm trying to get a > > library with the most comprehensive API i can. > > > > Chris > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Holger Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Chris Serio schrieb: > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > > > I'm new to SVG. I've never used it before but i want to use it > to > > > > generate images that can be used in Visio (which can open SVG), > > > > possibly convert to PDF and also view on the web. The images > will > > be > > > > generated by a program i want to write which will interpret > some > > data > > > > in a database. > > > > > > > > Basically i'm making schematics for a wiring diagram and i will > > have > > > > connector types saved in a database as well as to/from pin > > routings. > > > > >From this data i want to generate the schematic using SVG. > > > > > > > > I'm proficient in C/C++ but i'm not sure where to begin. Is > there > > an > > > > SVG SDK for C/C++ out there somewhere? > > > > > > > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > > > Chris > > > > > > Hi Chris > > > > > > i dont know any c/c++ , but as svg is just plain simple xml, you > > should > > > be able to build your svgs with any xml lib. > > > for more advanced features including rendering, and rendering to > > pdf see: > > > http://cairographics.org/introduction > > > and > > > http://cairographics.org/libsvg > > > > > > or if you could use Java, there is the Apache Batik project, > which > > is > > > the most complete open source SVG implementation. > > > http://xml.apache.org/batik/ > > > > > > and if you are on Linux have a look at > > > http://librsvg.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > or if you plan to have a GUI , and want that to be portable, you > > migth > > > as well think of building a XUL app, using mozilla svg. > > > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/ > > > http://www.xulplanet.com/ > > > > > > as i said i dont know c/c++ , > > > hope it helps anyways > > > Holger > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -or- > > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit > my > > membership" > > ---- > > Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12heet4gu/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1706030389:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123016972/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
