XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents
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Alex,
I don't think we have such an example at the moment. We played at some point with the past with some XSLT to do this, but we don't have anything really good to show. I do know that some Orbeon Forms users successfully use XSL-FO to produce PDF files though. Alternatively, if you have a fixed layout, you can use the oxf:pdf- template processor. -Erik On Jan 24, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > Do you have samples of using XSL-FO to be able to convert the > existing XForm into a PDF document? > > Please advice. > Alex Shuster > -- Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way http://www.orbeon.com/ -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
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Erik,
What I need to be able to do is to have an existing XForms(with all the XForm, xhtml tags) and be able to easily convert it into PDFs without redesigning the entire thing. Is this possible? Alex Shuster -----Original Message----- From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:05 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents Alex, I don't think we have such an example at the moment. We played at some point with the past with some XSLT to do this, but we don't have anything really good to show. I do know that some Orbeon Forms users successfully use XSL-FO to produce PDF files though. Alternatively, if you have a fixed layout, you can use the oxf:pdf- template processor. -Erik On Jan 24, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > Do you have samples of using XSL-FO to be able to convert the > existing XForm into a PDF document? > > Please advice. > Alex Shuster > -- Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way http://www.orbeon.com/ ====================================================================================== Notice: This message is intended only for use by the person or entity to which it is addressed. Because it may contain confidential information intended solely for the addressee, you are notified that any disclosing, copying, downloading, distributing, or retaining of this message, and any attached files, is prohibited and may be a violation of state or federal law. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply mail, and delete the message and all attached files. -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
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In theory, it should be possible to write a fairly generic XSLT
stylesheet that produces the XSL-FO, but it may be quite a lot of work to get it right for the first form. Now if you do have a fixed layout, the oxf:pdf-template processor allows you to map XML data onto an existing PDF document. This may be easier to do if you have that option. This would be a good feature to develop for our upcoming Form Runner. -Erik On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > Erik, > > What I need to be able to do is to have an existing XForms(with all > the > XForm, xhtml tags) and be able to easily convert it into PDFs without > redesigning the entire thing. > > Is this possible? > > Alex Shuster > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik > Bruchez > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:05 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents > > Alex, > > I don't think we have such an example at the moment. We played at some > point with the past with some XSLT to do this, but we don't have > anything really good to show. > > I do know that some Orbeon Forms users successfully use XSL-FO to > produce PDF files though. > > Alternatively, if you have a fixed layout, you can use the oxf:pdf- > template processor. > > -Erik > > On Jan 24, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > >> Do you have samples of using XSL-FO to be able to convert the >> existing XForm into a PDF document? >> >> Please advice. >> Alex Shuster >> > > -- > Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way > http://www.orbeon.com/ > > > > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > Notice: This message is intended only for use by the person or > entity to which it is addressed. Because it may contain confidential > information intended solely for the addressee, you are notified that > any disclosing, copying, downloading, distributing, or retaining of > this message, and any attached files, is prohibited and may be a > violation of state or federal law. If you received this message in > error, please notify the sender by reply mail, and delete the > message and all attached files. > > -- > You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] > mailing list. > To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] > For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help > OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way http://www.orbeon.com/ -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
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We are more interested in being able to design a fancy XForm with all
the controls there and be able to convert it into a PDF file, which would same us time creating a PDF version of the form. Alex Shuster -----Original Message----- From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:24 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents In theory, it should be possible to write a fairly generic XSLT stylesheet that produces the XSL-FO, but it may be quite a lot of work to get it right for the first form. Now if you do have a fixed layout, the oxf:pdf-template processor allows you to map XML data onto an existing PDF document. This may be easier to do if you have that option. This would be a good feature to develop for our upcoming Form Runner. -Erik On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > Erik, > > What I need to be able to do is to have an existing XForms(with all > the > XForm, xhtml tags) and be able to easily convert it into PDFs without > redesigning the entire thing. > > Is this possible? > > Alex Shuster > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik > Bruchez > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:05 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents > > Alex, > > I don't think we have such an example at the moment. We played at some > point with the past with some XSLT to do this, but we don't have > anything really good to show. > > I do know that some Orbeon Forms users successfully use XSL-FO to > produce PDF files though. > > Alternatively, if you have a fixed layout, you can use the oxf:pdf- > template processor. > > -Erik > > On Jan 24, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > >> Do you have samples of using XSL-FO to be able to convert the >> existing XForm into a PDF document? >> >> Please advice. >> Alex Shuster >> > > -- > Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way > http://www.orbeon.com/ > > > > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > Notice: This message is intended only for use by the person or > entity to which it is addressed. Because it may contain confidential > information intended solely for the addressee, you are notified that > any disclosing, copying, downloading, distributing, or retaining of > this message, and any attached files, is prohibited and may be a > violation of state or federal law. If you received this message in > error, please notify the sender by reply mail, and delete the > message and all attached files. > > -- > You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] > mailing list. > To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] > For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help > OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way http://www.orbeon.com/ ====================================================================================== Notice: This message is intended only for use by the person or entity to which it is addressed. Because it may contain confidential information intended solely for the addressee, you are notified that any disclosing, copying, downloading, distributing, or retaining of this message, and any attached files, is prohibited and may be a violation of state or federal law. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply mail, and delete the message and all attached files. -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
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Hi Alex,
In case you are interested in a PDF transcript of what the user has submitted, please have a look at: http://www.xml4pharma.com/ODMinEDC/Samples.html and use one (and submit) one of the sample forms there. We use that in clinical research, as legally, the investigator MUST have a hardcopy of the form with the data he/she submitted. With best regards, Jozef Aerts XML4Pharma = = = = = = = ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Shuster" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:29 PM Subject: RE: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents We are more interested in being able to design a fancy XForm with all the controls there and be able to convert it into a PDF file, which would same us time creating a PDF version of the form. Alex Shuster -----Original Message----- From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:24 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents In theory, it should be possible to write a fairly generic XSLT stylesheet that produces the XSL-FO, but it may be quite a lot of work to get it right for the first form. Now if you do have a fixed layout, the oxf:pdf-template processor allows you to map XML data onto an existing PDF document. This may be easier to do if you have that option. This would be a good feature to develop for our upcoming Form Runner. -Erik On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > Erik, > > What I need to be able to do is to have an existing XForms(with all > the > XForm, xhtml tags) and be able to easily convert it into PDFs without > redesigning the entire thing. > > Is this possible? > > Alex Shuster > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik > Bruchez > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:05 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents > > Alex, > > I don't think we have such an example at the moment. We played at some > point with the past with some XSLT to do this, but we don't have > anything really good to show. > > I do know that some Orbeon Forms users successfully use XSL-FO to > produce PDF files though. > > Alternatively, if you have a fixed layout, you can use the oxf:pdf- > template processor. > > -Erik > > On Jan 24, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > >> Do you have samples of using XSL-FO to be able to convert the >> existing XForm into a PDF document? >> >> Please advice. >> Alex Shuster >> > > -- > Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way > http://www.orbeon.com/ > > > > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > Notice: This message is intended only for use by the person or > entity to which it is addressed. Because it may contain confidential > information intended solely for the addressee, you are notified that > any disclosing, copying, downloading, distributing, or retaining of > this message, and any attached files, is prohibited and may be a > violation of state or federal law. If you received this message in > error, please notify the sender by reply mail, and delete the > message and all attached files. > > -- > You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] > mailing list. > To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] > For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help > OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way http://www.orbeon.com/ ====================================================================================== Notice: This message is intended only for use by the person or entity to which it is addressed. Because it may contain confidential information intended solely for the addressee, you are notified that any disclosing, copying, downloading, distributing, or retaining of this message, and any attached files, is prohibited and may be a violation of state or federal law. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply mail, and delete the message and all attached files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing > list. > To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] > For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help > OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws > -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
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What we have now is a form, which collect data and saves it in the DB2
database. It is an XForm running on the Orbeon (Tomcat) server. The question is this: How do we produce an output of this form with all the syntax required by XML-FO (FO tags, etc.)? Please advice. Alex Shuster -----Original Message----- From: Jozef Aerts - XML4Pharma [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:34 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents Hi Alex, In case you are interested in a PDF transcript of what the user has submitted, please have a look at: http://www.xml4pharma.com/ODMinEDC/Samples.html and use one (and submit) one of the sample forms there. We use that in clinical research, as legally, the investigator MUST have a hardcopy of the form with the data he/she submitted. With best regards, Jozef Aerts XML4Pharma = = = = = = = ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Shuster" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:29 PM Subject: RE: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents We are more interested in being able to design a fancy XForm with all the controls there and be able to convert it into a PDF file, which would same us time creating a PDF version of the form. Alex Shuster -----Original Message----- From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:24 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents In theory, it should be possible to write a fairly generic XSLT stylesheet that produces the XSL-FO, but it may be quite a lot of work to get it right for the first form. Now if you do have a fixed layout, the oxf:pdf-template processor allows you to map XML data onto an existing PDF document. This may be easier to do if you have that option. This would be a good feature to develop for our upcoming Form Runner. -Erik On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > Erik, > > What I need to be able to do is to have an existing XForms(with all > the > XForm, xhtml tags) and be able to easily convert it into PDFs without > redesigning the entire thing. > > Is this possible? > > Alex Shuster > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik > Bruchez > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:05 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents > > Alex, > > I don't think we have such an example at the moment. We played at some > point with the past with some XSLT to do this, but we don't have > anything really good to show. > > I do know that some Orbeon Forms users successfully use XSL-FO to > produce PDF files though. > > Alternatively, if you have a fixed layout, you can use the oxf:pdf- > template processor. > > -Erik > > On Jan 24, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > >> Do you have samples of using XSL-FO to be able to convert the >> existing XForm into a PDF document? >> >> Please advice. >> Alex Shuster >> > > -- > Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way > http://www.orbeon.com/ > > > > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > Notice: This message is intended only for use by the person or > entity to which it is addressed. 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Dear Alex,
The way I did this is by writing an XSLT stylesheet that does the transformation, and which uses Apache FOP for executing it. The result of the stylesheet is then streamed from the server to the client browser. The hard thing is the writing of the XSLT stylesheet. That is already a bit specialist work ... If you mail me off-line, I can send you an example file. With best regards, Jozef Aerts XML4Pharma Jozef.Aerts-at-XML4Pharma.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Shuster" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:00 PM Subject: RE: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents What we have now is a form, which collect data and saves it in the DB2 database. It is an XForm running on the Orbeon (Tomcat) server. The question is this: How do we produce an output of this form with all the syntax required by XML-FO (FO tags, etc.)? Please advice. Alex Shuster -----Original Message----- From: Jozef Aerts - XML4Pharma [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:34 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents Hi Alex, In case you are interested in a PDF transcript of what the user has submitted, please have a look at: http://www.xml4pharma.com/ODMinEDC/Samples.html and use one (and submit) one of the sample forms there. We use that in clinical research, as legally, the investigator MUST have a hardcopy of the form with the data he/she submitted. With best regards, Jozef Aerts XML4Pharma = = = = = = = ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Shuster" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:29 PM Subject: RE: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents We are more interested in being able to design a fancy XForm with all the controls there and be able to convert it into a PDF file, which would same us time creating a PDF version of the form. Alex Shuster -----Original Message----- From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:24 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents In theory, it should be possible to write a fairly generic XSLT stylesheet that produces the XSL-FO, but it may be quite a lot of work to get it right for the first form. Now if you do have a fixed layout, the oxf:pdf-template processor allows you to map XML data onto an existing PDF document. This may be easier to do if you have that option. This would be a good feature to develop for our upcoming Form Runner. -Erik On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > Erik, > > What I need to be able to do is to have an existing XForms(with all > the > XForm, xhtml tags) and be able to easily convert it into PDFs without > redesigning the entire thing. > > Is this possible? > > Alex Shuster > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik > Bruchez > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:05 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [ops-users] XSL-FO Converter produces PDF documents > > Alex, > > I don't think we have such an example at the moment. We played at some > point with the past with some XSLT to do this, but we don't have > anything really good to show. > > I do know that some Orbeon Forms users successfully use XSL-FO to > produce PDF files though. > > Alternatively, if you have a fixed layout, you can use the oxf:pdf- > template processor. > > -Erik > > On Jan 24, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Alex Shuster wrote: > >> Do you have samples of using XSL-FO to be able to convert the >> existing XForm into a PDF document? >> >> Please advice. >> Alex Shuster >> > > -- > Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way > http://www.orbeon.com/ > > > > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > Notice: This message is intended only for use by the person or > entity to which it is addressed. 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>The hard thing is the writing of the XSLT stylesheet. That
>is already a bit specialist work ... > >If you mail me off-line, I can send you an example file. i'm interested too. regards, rich -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
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Hi Jozef
I am looking at the problem of converting my xform into pdf form. Can I mail you offline for an example example file? I
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