Re: Looking for XML driven reporting tool

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From: Han (hp4444_at_kornet.net.korea)
Date: 08/18/04

  • Next message: P Jones: "Re: Looking for XML driven reporting tool" 
    Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:08:50 +0900

    XSL spec in W3C.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xsl11-20031217/

    I don't think there is a tool to format arbitrary xmls. You may want to
    write your own xslt. There are examples in the spec. There are formatting
    tools like FOP which you can download freely.

    http://xml.apache.org/fop/index.html

    "P Jones" <p.jones@NOSPAM.private.priv> wrote in message
    news:unKSYgJhEHA.1344@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
    >
    > Follow-up question: It was suggested to me that I look into XSL-FO to
    > satisfy my project's requirements (dynamically generate PDF files on a web
    > server using XML documents as the data source). Can anyone weigh in on
    the
    > topic of XSL Formatting Objects, and help me learn what tools are
    available
    > and currently being used to generate PDF files from XML?
    >
    > Thank you in advance!
    >
    > PJ
    >
    >
    >
    > "P Jones" <p.jones@NOSPAM.private.priv> wrote in message
    > news:OmCLHU8gEHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
    > >
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > I support an enterprise web application (IE client) built in VB6, with
    > about
    > > 200 classes, serving about 7000 users, running on 3 clustered servers.
    I
    > > need to incorporate web reporting for the first time, so I am interested
    > in
    > > learning what web reporting options are out there, and the pros and cons
    > of
    > > each. In general I need to generate reports with XML documents as
    inputs,
    > > and make them available to all web users.
    > >
    > > I am partial to generating PDF docs, but am open to all suggestions.
    > > Ideally they will be generated on the
    > > fly (synchronously), although I could do it asynchronously, and notify
    > users
    > > when the reports are ready to be viewed. I need to reporting engine to
    be
    > > server safe (i.e. not interested in automating Microsoft Office, and
    > > exporting Access, Word, or Excel to files).
    > >
    > > Thanks for any suggestions!
    > >
    > > PJ
    > >
    > >
    >
    >

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