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Re: Printing tax forms using XSL-FO

2003-06-18 14:51:30
Aimee Rodgers wrote:
Has anyone ever attempted to print tax forms (i.e. 1099, 1098, W-2) using XSL-FO. I'm wondering if using 'fo:external graphic' would work for printing the form itself in the 'background' (printing the data for these forms has already been accomplished using XSL-FO). Any help in the right direction is greatly appreciated.

There are at least these techniques you could use:

1. Use overlapping absolutely-positioned block-containers, one with the form, one with the data 2. Put the form in an edge region that has an extent that overlaps the region-body
3. Use a background graphic with the form

Option 2 is probably the most portable, with 3 the second most.

You could use fo:table to construct the form itself, unless you already have a graphic rendering of the form. With XEP and XSL Formatter you could use SVG to draw the form.

Cheers,

Eliot
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W. Eliot Kimber, eliot(_at_)isogen(_dot_)com
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Austin, TX  78752 Phone: 512.656.4139


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