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From: Carl B. <C.P...@hu...> - 2005-04-12 14:08:31
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Hi Alex I want to use HyperContent to output a number of pdf files rather than html pages. The idea being that we can have pdf files for download and staff can update the content when needed without worrying about making pdf file and uploading it. Plus the content is stored in xml instead of a file on an individual machine. I assume HyperContent can do this, whats the best way to go about it? Many Thanks Carl - ************************************ Carl Barrow Web Developer e-Services The University of Hull Cottingham Road Hull HU6 7RX Ext. 6838 ************************************ |
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From: Alex V. <av...@co...> - 2005-04-12 14:43:25
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Hi Carl,
The hard part is learning to write xsl formatting objects, which
provide the necessary instructions for the conversion to PDF. In terms
of configuration, all you have to do is configure an output with
content type "application/pdf" and set up the transformation with an
XSL stylesheet that contains formatting objects.
I have attached the fundamental XSL:FO stylesheet you will want to
import into your own formatting object stylesheets; this contains all
the transformations for XHTML into PDF. This stylesheet requires a
parameter "baseDownloadUrl" if you want your images to be brought into
the pdf; the url should point to the build site. In version 2.0 this is
different, as version 2 has a special URL format for links to internal
resources ("hypercontent:/path/to/file.ext").
If you have a single HTML element as the root of your XML document,
you could import html_fo.xsl and do something like
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates mode="html"/>
</xsl:template>
The html_fo templates are set up with this "html" mode to avoid
conflicting with other templates. If you have a different root element
and possibly multiple HTML elements, you will have more work to do.
XSL:FO is quite daunting, so give yourself some time to learn it.
There's lots of info online; this tutorial looks like it might be a
good start:
http://www.renderx.com/tutorial.html
The sample project that came with HyperContent uses FO to generate the
manual; you can look at "common_fo.xsl" and "docs_fo.xsl" to get some
more examples.
Good luck!
Alex
On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
> Hi Alex
>
> I want to use HyperContent to output a number of pdf files rather than
> html pages. The idea being that we can have pdf files for download
> and staff can update the content when needed without worrying about
> making pdf file and uploading it. Plus the content is stored in xml
> instead of a file on an individual machine.
>
> I assume HyperContent can do this, whats the best way to go about it?
>
> Many Thanks
> Carl
>
>
> -
>
> ************************************
>
> Carl Barrow
> Web Developer
> e-Services
> The University of Hull
> Cottingham Road
> Hull
> HU6 7RX
> Ext. 6838
> ************************************
>
>
>
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From: Alex V. <av...@co...> - 2005-04-12 15:22:57
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Sorry, our mail server stripped the attachment off that message. The
"html_fo.xsl" file I tried to attach is the same that you can find in
the sample project, so have a look for it there. Let me know if you
have any trouble finding it, and I'll post it on the web site.
Alex
On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Alex Vigdor wrote:
> Hi Carl,
> The hard part is learning to write xsl formatting objects, which
> provide the necessary instructions for the conversion to PDF. In
> terms of configuration, all you have to do is configure an output with
> content type "application/pdf" and set up the transformation with an
> XSL stylesheet that contains formatting objects.
>
> I have attached the fundamental XSL:FO stylesheet you will want to
> import into your own formatting object stylesheets; this contains all
> the transformations for XHTML into PDF. This stylesheet requires a
> parameter "baseDownloadUrl" if you want your images to be brought into
> the pdf; the url should point to the build site. In version 2.0 this
> is different, as version 2 has a special URL format for links to
> internal resources ("hypercontent:/path/to/file.ext").
> If you have a single HTML element as the root of your XML document,
> you could import html_fo.xsl and do something like
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <xsl:apply-templates mode="html"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> The html_fo templates are set up with this "html" mode to avoid
> conflicting with other templates. If you have a different root
> element and possibly multiple HTML elements, you will have more work
> to do.
>
> XSL:FO is quite daunting, so give yourself some time to learn it.
> There's lots of info online; this tutorial looks like it might be a
> good start:
>
> http://www.renderx.com/tutorial.html
>
> The sample project that came with HyperContent uses FO to generate the
> manual; you can look at "common_fo.xsl" and "docs_fo.xsl" to get some
> more examples.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Alex
>
> On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex
>>
>> I want to use HyperContent to output a number of pdf files rather
>> than html pages. The idea being that we can have pdf files for
>> download and staff can update the content when needed without
>> worrying about making pdf file and uploading it. Plus the content is
>> stored in xml instead of a file on an individual machine.
>>
>> I assume HyperContent can do this, whats the best way to go about it?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>> Carl
>>
>>
>> -
>>
>> ************************************
>>
>> Carl Barrow
>> Web Developer
>> e-Services
>> The University of Hull
>> Cottingham Road
>> Hull
>> HU6 7RX
>> Ext. 6838
>> ************************************
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
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>> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
>> users.
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>> _______________________________________________
>> Hypercontent-users mailing list
>> Hyp...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hypercontent-users
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From: Carl B. <C.P...@hu...> - 2005-04-12 15:38:33
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Thanks very much for the info Alex, it's very useful. I'll let you know
how I get on!
Carl
Alex Vigdor wrote:
> Sorry, our mail server stripped the attachment off that message. The
> "html_fo.xsl" file I tried to attach is the same that you can find in
> the sample project, so have a look for it there. Let me know if you
> have any trouble finding it, and I'll post it on the web site.
>
> Alex
>
> On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Alex Vigdor wrote:
>
>> Hi Carl,
>> The hard part is learning to write xsl formatting objects, which
>> provide the necessary instructions for the conversion to PDF. In
>> terms of configuration, all you have to do is configure an output
>> with content type "application/pdf" and set up the transformation
>> with an XSL stylesheet that contains formatting objects.
>>
>> I have attached the fundamental XSL:FO stylesheet you will want to
>> import into your own formatting object stylesheets; this contains all
>> the transformations for XHTML into PDF. This stylesheet requires a
>> parameter "baseDownloadUrl" if you want your images to be brought
>> into the pdf; the url should point to the build site. In version 2.0
>> this is different, as version 2 has a special URL format for links to
>> internal resources ("hypercontent:/path/to/file.ext").
>> If you have a single HTML element as the root of your XML
>> document, you could import html_fo.xsl and do something like
>>
>> <xsl:template match="/">
>> <xsl:apply-templates mode="html"/>
>> </xsl:template>
>>
>> The html_fo templates are set up with this "html" mode to avoid
>> conflicting with other templates. If you have a different root
>> element and possibly multiple HTML elements, you will have more work
>> to do.
>>
>> XSL:FO is quite daunting, so give yourself some time to learn it.
>> There's lots of info online; this tutorial looks like it might be a
>> good start:
>>
>> http://www.renderx.com/tutorial.html
>>
>> The sample project that came with HyperContent uses FO to generate
>> the manual; you can look at "common_fo.xsl" and "docs_fo.xsl" to get
>> some more examples.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alex
>>>
>>> I want to use HyperContent to output a number of pdf files rather
>>> than html pages. The idea being that we can have pdf files for
>>> download and staff can update the content when needed without
>>> worrying about making pdf file and uploading it. Plus the content
>>> is stored in xml instead of a file on an individual machine.
>>>
>>> I assume HyperContent can do this, whats the best way to go about it?
>>>
>>> Many Thanks
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> ************************************
>>>
>>> Carl Barrow
>>> Web Developer
>>> e-Services
>>> The University of Hull
>>> Cottingham Road
>>> Hull
>>> HU6 7RX
>>> Ext. 6838
>>> ************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
>>> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
>>> users.
>>> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
>>> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Hypercontent-users mailing list
>>> Hyp...@li...
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hypercontent-users
>>
>> WARNING: This message has been altered by a mail filter on
>> Columbia University's mail server, columbia.edu.
>>
>> For information on our filtering policy, please see
>> http://www.columbia.edu/acis/email/filters/
>>
>> An attachment named html_fo.xsl
>> was removed from this message as a possible security hazard.
>>
>>
>
>
>
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> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
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--
************************************
Carl Barrow
Web Developer
e-Services
The University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull
HU6 7RX
Ext. 6838
************************************
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From: Carl B. <C.P...@hu...> - 2005-04-14 09:05:13
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Hi Alex
I got things set up fine and am now able to output as pdf. Thanks very
much. Will there be any change in the way this is handled in version
2? If so, I'll wait to set things up properly until after I've upgraded.
Thanks
Carl
Carl Barrow wrote:
> Thanks very much for the info Alex, it's very useful. I'll let you
> know how I get on!
>
> Carl
>
> Alex Vigdor wrote:
>
>> Sorry, our mail server stripped the attachment off that message. The
>> "html_fo.xsl" file I tried to attach is the same that you can find in
>> the sample project, so have a look for it there. Let me know if you
>> have any trouble finding it, and I'll post it on the web site.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Alex Vigdor wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Carl,
>>> The hard part is learning to write xsl formatting objects, which
>>> provide the necessary instructions for the conversion to PDF. In
>>> terms of configuration, all you have to do is configure an output
>>> with content type "application/pdf" and set up the transformation
>>> with an XSL stylesheet that contains formatting objects.
>>>
>>> I have attached the fundamental XSL:FO stylesheet you will want to
>>> import into your own formatting object stylesheets; this contains
>>> all the transformations for XHTML into PDF. This stylesheet
>>> requires a parameter "baseDownloadUrl" if you want your images to be
>>> brought into the pdf; the url should point to the build site. In
>>> version 2.0 this is different, as version 2 has a special URL format
>>> for links to internal resources ("hypercontent:/path/to/file.ext").
>>> If you have a single HTML element as the root of your XML
>>> document, you could import html_fo.xsl and do something like
>>>
>>> <xsl:template match="/">
>>> <xsl:apply-templates mode="html"/>
>>> </xsl:template>
>>>
>>> The html_fo templates are set up with this "html" mode to avoid
>>> conflicting with other templates. If you have a different root
>>> element and possibly multiple HTML elements, you will have more work
>>> to do.
>>>
>>> XSL:FO is quite daunting, so give yourself some time to learn it.
>>> There's lots of info online; this tutorial looks like it might be a
>>> good start:
>>>
>>> http://www.renderx.com/tutorial.html
>>>
>>> The sample project that came with HyperContent uses FO to generate
>>> the manual; you can look at "common_fo.xsl" and "docs_fo.xsl" to get
>>> some more examples.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Alex
>>>>
>>>> I want to use HyperContent to output a number of pdf files rather
>>>> than html pages. The idea being that we can have pdf files for
>>>> download and staff can update the content when needed without
>>>> worrying about making pdf file and uploading it. Plus the content
>>>> is stored in xml instead of a file on an individual machine.
>>>>
>>>> I assume HyperContent can do this, whats the best way to go about it?
>>>>
>>>> Many Thanks
>>>> Carl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> ************************************
>>>>
>>>> Carl Barrow
>>>> Web Developer
>>>> e-Services
>>>> The University of Hull
>>>> Cottingham Road
>>>> Hull
>>>> HU6 7RX
>>>> Ext. 6838
>>>> ************************************
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
>>>> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
>>>> users.
>>>> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
>>>> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Hypercontent-users mailing list
>>>> Hyp...@li...
>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hypercontent-users
>>>
>>>
>>> WARNING: This message has been altered by a mail filter on
>>> Columbia University's mail server, columbia.edu.
>>>
>>> For information on our filtering policy, please see
>>> http://www.columbia.edu/acis/email/filters/
>>>
>>> An attachment named html_fo.xsl
>>> was removed from this message as a possible security hazard.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
>> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
>> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
>> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click
>> _______________________________________________
>> Hypercontent-users mailing list
>> Hyp...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hypercontent-users
>
>
>
--
************************************
Carl Barrow
Web Developer
e-Services
The University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull
HU6 7RX
Ext. 6838
************************************
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From: Alex V. <av...@co...> - 2005-04-14 14:44:50
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Carl,
PDF support in Version 2 is 100% backwards compatible with however you
set it up in v1.4; the only difference is it adds the option of using
internal "hypercontent:" urls to grab images.
Alex
On Apr 14, 2005, at 5:09 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
> Hi Alex
>
> I got things set up fine and am now able to output as pdf. Thanks very
> much. Will there be any change in the way this is handled in version
> 2? If so, I'll wait to set things up properly until after I've
> upgraded.
>
> Thanks
> Carl
>
> Carl Barrow wrote:
>
>> Thanks very much for the info Alex, it's very useful. I'll let you
>> know how I get on!
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> Alex Vigdor wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, our mail server stripped the attachment off that message.
>>> The "html_fo.xsl" file I tried to attach is the same that you can
>>> find in the sample project, so have a look for it there. Let me
>>> know if you have any trouble finding it, and I'll post it on the web
>>> site.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Alex Vigdor wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Carl,
>>>> The hard part is learning to write xsl formatting objects,
>>>> which provide the necessary instructions for the conversion to PDF.
>>>> In terms of configuration, all you have to do is configure an
>>>> output with content type "application/pdf" and set up the
>>>> transformation with an XSL stylesheet that contains formatting
>>>> objects.
>>>>
>>>> I have attached the fundamental XSL:FO stylesheet you will want to
>>>> import into your own formatting object stylesheets; this contains
>>>> all the transformations for XHTML into PDF. This stylesheet
>>>> requires a parameter "baseDownloadUrl" if you want your images to
>>>> be brought into the pdf; the url should point to the build site. In
>>>> version 2.0 this is different, as version 2 has a special URL
>>>> format for links to internal resources
>>>> ("hypercontent:/path/to/file.ext").
>>>> If you have a single HTML element as the root of your XML
>>>> document, you could import html_fo.xsl and do something like
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:template match="/">
>>>> <xsl:apply-templates mode="html"/>
>>>> </xsl:template>
>>>>
>>>> The html_fo templates are set up with this "html" mode to avoid
>>>> conflicting with other templates. If you have a different root
>>>> element and possibly multiple HTML elements, you will have more
>>>> work to do.
>>>>
>>>> XSL:FO is quite daunting, so give yourself some time to learn it.
>>>> There's lots of info online; this tutorial looks like it might be a
>>>> good start:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.renderx.com/tutorial.html
>>>>
>>>> The sample project that came with HyperContent uses FO to generate
>>>> the manual; you can look at "common_fo.xsl" and "docs_fo.xsl" to
>>>> get some more examples.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Alex
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to use HyperContent to output a number of pdf files rather
>>>>> than html pages. The idea being that we can have pdf files for
>>>>> download and staff can update the content when needed without
>>>>> worrying about making pdf file and uploading it. Plus the content
>>>>> is stored in xml instead of a file on an individual machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I assume HyperContent can do this, whats the best way to go about
>>>>> it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many Thanks
>>>>> Carl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> ************************************
>>>>>
>>>>> Carl Barrow
>>>>> Web Developer
>>>>> e-Services
>>>>> The University of Hull
>>>>> Cottingham Road
>>>>> Hull
>>>>> HU6 7RX
>>>>> Ext. 6838
>>>>> ************************************
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
>>>>> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
>>>>> users.
>>>>> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading
>>>>> now.
>>>>> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Hypercontent-users mailing list
>>>>> Hyp...@li...
>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hypercontent-users
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> WARNING: This message has been altered by a mail filter on
>>>> Columbia University's mail server, columbia.edu.
>>>>
>>>> For information on our filtering policy, please see
>>>> http://www.columbia.edu/acis/email/filters/
>>>>
>>>> An attachment named html_fo.xsl
>>>> was removed from this message as a possible security hazard.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
>>> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
>>> users.
>>> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
>>> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Hypercontent-users mailing list
>>> Hyp...@li...
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hypercontent-users
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> ************************************
>
> Carl Barrow
> Web Developer
> e-Services
> The University of Hull
> Cottingham Road
> Hull
> HU6 7RX
> Ext. 6838
> ************************************
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
> users.
> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click
> _______________________________________________
> Hypercontent-users mailing list
> Hyp...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hypercontent-users
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