Also, as mentioned by others, this book does often use xslt transform examples to explain xslfo concepts. What you need to do to transform to word, is to pick the right stylesheet. Use a limited set of tags and then use one of docbook xml s included stylesheets to output to. A style sheet uses the xsl transformation language to transform an xml document in a semantic vocabulary into a new xml document that uses the xslfo. Transforming an xml document into an html or xhtml document for display in a web browser. An xslt document is itself an xml document that contains rules on how to transform an input xml into an output document you can read more on the xslt wikipedia page. Xslfo is an xml application that describes how pages will look when presented to a reader. Kids activity books, coloring, hidden pictures, dot to dot, how to draw, spot difference, maze activities books for kids. Xslt is used to make xml documents readable by transforming.
Creating word reports with xsl transformations dradis. Writing in xml and transforming with xslt works very well for me. In other words, whats static is not the text, but the calculation that produces. For projects that support packagereference, copy this xml node into the project file to reference the package. Note that while css is primarily intended for use on the web, xslfo is designed for broader use. In this case we are going to convert an input xml containing the information stored in your dradis repository into an output document in the wordprocessingml format. Xslfo is a language for applying styles and formatting to xml documents. Transforming documents with xslt learning xslt book. We will use different words when we talk about the content area. Xslt processor can transform xml document into xslfo without a dtd. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers.
Making xml look good in print, a book by dave pawson. Xsl formatting objects xslfo are the second half of the extensible stylesheet language xsl. You can think of a page of this book as containing three regions. This is the printing form as a final output, in other words the output. The xml is loaded in via another rest service and the stylesheet is predefined and located in my project as a resource. Convert to xslfo and then use the xmlmind to export to word. I would like to convert the word document to xslfo. These stylesheets were prepared by renderxs development team and. Xml xslt transformation, add xml, xslt and transfor to html and test. If we had several pages of front matter, as many books do, it would. Xsl formatting objects xsl fo, an xml vocabulary for specifying formatting semantics.
This is the xslt stylesheet to transform the source xml file to xsl xslfo formatting objects tree. While any significant use of xslfo will certainly use xslt transforms to convert from some other xml format into the xslfo, it is not appropriate to offer examples of xslfo that are written as an xslt transform. This process means that in an environment such as a web application that generates reports in html and. How to develop stylesheets for xml to xslfo transformation. Typically, you need two xsl stylesheets to transform data from xml to html and xslfo. Converting word documents to xslfo and onwards to pdf. I know that this will be subjective, but i am looking for opinions on the best book for a beginner in xslt. While fo seems to be an excellent format for word processors to use for.
Publishing xml data in html and pdf using a single xslt. I began working with xml around 2000, when my refactoring book came out. This is a short presentation introducing xslt and showing how it can be used to transform the data in an xml file into a. As an example, you could use an xslfo document to lay out an xml document as a printed book. With only a modest investment of time, developers can convert an xml file to an html file that users can display in their browsers. You could write a completely separate xslfo document to transform the same xml document into html. At that time early 2002 i found that while xslfo clearly had all the capabilities. Introduction to xslfo concepts mulberry technologies, inc.
Finally, once you have this xsl fo file, you need some way to render it to an. Xslfo is an xml application that describes how pages will look when. Chapter 15 of the xml bible by elliotte rusty harold is about formatting objects is available. As soon as i start doing anything nontrivial in a word processor i like to set up logical styles. What i want to achieve is a rest service that is used to print a pdf to the browser.
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