Re: Looking for XML driven reporting tool

From: P Jones (p.jones_at_NOSPAM.private.priv)
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:34:30 -0500

Sorry, I should have specified, I am looking for tools that run on a Windows
platform to generate PDF files on a web
server using XML documents as the data source. Can anyone help me learn
what tools are
available and currently being used to generate PDF files from XML on a
Windows desktop or server?

Many thanks.

PJ

"Han" <hp4444@kornet.net.korea> wrote in message
news:e9RmzCNhEHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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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