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Rachit Verma
I wanted to know if it is possible to transform an XML file to pdf
output in ASP.NET web application using XSL stylesheet? If so then
how??

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Brian W. Spolarich

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Rachit Verma [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 7:23 AM
| To: aspngxml
| Subject: [aspngxml] XSL Transform from XML to PDF in .NET
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| I wanted to know if it is possible to transform an XML file to pdf=20
| output in ASP.NET web application using XSL stylesheet? If so then=20
| how??

The best (only?) way I know of generating PDF from XML is to use FOP =
(Formatting Objects Processor), an Apache implementation of the XSL =
Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) specification.

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

FOP is implemented in Java, so this begs the question of how to access =
Java classes/code from within .NET.

Below is a note I sent out a while back addressing that particular =
issue, regarding FOP as well.

My recommendation would be, if you're using VS.NET to do .NET =
development, to try the Visual J# .NET approach and let us know if =
you're able to get things working. My understanding is that you should =
be able to instantiate objects from Java classes in C# and call their =
methods seamlessly using the Visual J# .NET redistributable package (but =
I haven't tried it).

Regards,

-brian

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| 1. I've been reading about FOP to implement XML to PDF transformation
| using XSL formatting objects. If this route is taken, what=20
| does VS.NET have to offer?

To my knowledge there are no FOP implementations for .NET, and the =
mature ones are the Java ones.

That said, there are ways to deal with Java in the .NET framework. =
One product, Java/.NET by Intrinsync uses .NET remoting and Java RMI to =
provide pass by reference and pass by value support between the two =
environments. Its not completely straightforward, but I bet you could =
get at the classes you need this way.

http://www.devx.com/dotnet/articles/ir051402/ir051402-1.asp

The other way would be to use the Microsoft Visual J# .NET VM to run =
these:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualj/jsharp/beta.asp

You can download the Visual J# IDE (integrated w/ VS.NET) or just the =
runtime piece. This is currently in beta. =20

| 2. There are other commercial products out there (one being
| http://big.faceless.org/products/report/index.jsp) that bypass XML
| formatting objects. =20
|=20
| Are there other alternatives that are cost-efficient and that I can
| implement quite easily and quickly? I don't know if there are ways to
| avoid licensing headaches, but if this is a given, I want to invest in
| sound products. Please advise. Thank you in advance.

I think FOP is probably the cleanest way to the transformation, and if =
you can get the Visual J# piece to work that would be the fastest and =
cheapest route. I believe the RTM version of Visual J# .NET will be =
released as part of the MSDN subscription (i.e. bundled with VS.NET).

If you do try this let us know what success you have and any pointers.

Best regards,

-bws =20
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Andre Berkowitz
Look at http://www.xmlforasp.net/codeSection.aspx?csID=14

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Subject: [aspngxml] XSL Transform from XML to PDF in .NET

I wanted to know if it is possible to transform an XML file to pdf
output in ASP.NET web application using XSL stylesheet? If so then
how??

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