I guess it just have a XML like template, generate XML like HTML, and then process it with FOP, nothing magic... right?
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:12:10 -0500, Assia Aouat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I am very interested on that. It will be good if you could explain be > how to do it? > > Thank you. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:19 AM > To: Velocity Users List > Subject: non-HTML output - PDF and OpenOffice > Importance: Low > > Just thought people would be interested: > > We are using Velocity to create PDF documents. The approach we used > combines > velocity, XSLT transforms and the FOP engine to generate documents > dynamically. I'm not sure if this use of Velocity is unique. > > We have also done something similar with OpenOffice documents - pulling > apart > the openoffice document, processing the content.xml file inside and then > > repackaging it to be delivered to the client directly. This way we use a > > template OO file to deliver database dynamic documents. > > Finally we have another XSLT based system for generating PDF reports. > The > report is first filled in with Velocity, then passed onto the rendering > engine which runs it through XSLT a few times before using the FOP > engine. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]