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Re: [Hypercontent-users] output as pdf
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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
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