Hi Martin –
Ah. So if I understand correctly, there’s an additional transformation needed:
xml ==> xsl-fo ==> PDF. I shall go and investigate this Apache FOP!
Thanks --
Michele
From: Martin Honnen martin(_dot_)honnen(_at_)gmx(_dot_)de
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XSLT produces XSL-FO , not PDF. To convert XSL-FO to PDF , use Apache FOP.
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Am 23.12.21, 17:19 schrieb "Michele R Combs
mrrothen(_at_)syr(_dot_)edu<mailto:mrrothen(_at_)syr(_dot_)edu>"
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Hi –
A colleague sent me a style sheet they use to convert XML to PDF. I’m using
saxon and running it using a command line in a batch file, with the command as
follows:
java.exe -cp saxon9he.jar net.sf.saxon.Transform -t
-s:"../other_peoples/bertha/VdM_EAD export.xml"
-xsl:"../other_peoples/bertha/at_MetModified.xsl"
-o:../other_peoples/bertha/test.pdf
When I run it using their XML, it successfully produces a PDF file but when I
try to open the file Adobe gives me this error:
Adobe Acrobat could not open “test.pdf” because it is either not a supported
file type or because the file has been damaged….
So: their XML, their XSL, my XSL processor and command line. I can open the
output PDF file in Notepad and view all the fo:blocks and so on. However, when
I attempt to open some other random PDF for comparison I just see a bunch of
random illegible stuff. So I’m thinking that my output is missing some
particular bit of info that makes the file a legit PDF.
What might be causing this problem? Do I need to tweak the style sheet, for
example, or my command line to properly produce PDF? I’ve never worked with
PDF files and don’t know much about them.
Thanks
Michele
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