RE: Suggestion: Using SAX->XML->FOP for formatted printing

[Jim M. <jim...@wo...>]

Let me preface this with the fact that we like sql-ledger a lot.
Have a look at GNUe and then we should all discuss.
GNUe was missing a backend accounting package, focus has been on the overall
developement environment for XML based forms.
Merging the GNUe frontend with a sql-ledger based backend is probably
easier.
We are currently looking at wrapping some session around sql-ledger for some
related processing of sql-ledger forms. In essence the implementation of a
session surrounding the existing *.pl & *.pm code.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sql...@li...
> [mailto:sql...@li...]On Behalf Of Don
> Wellington
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:16 PM
> To: sql...@li...
> Subject: Re: Suggestion: Using SAX->XML->FOP for formatted printing
>
>
> Hi Jeff-
>
> I have been developing my knowledge of XML, XSL,
> XALAN, and FOP with respect to documentation.  It is
> extremely easy to use perl to output XML, the
> formatting to PDF could be done by just having the
> perl call the command line version of FOP with an XSL
> stylesheet.
>
> Not only would this work for check printing.  It could
> result in much prettier and better laid out invoices.
>
> Alternatively, rather than having the perl scripts
> output XML, and then make external command line.
> Cocoon could be used and Java embedded in the
> stylesheet using XSP (special language for embedding
> code in Cocoon) to access the database, generate an
> XML DOM object.  Then, that object would be formatted
> using an XSL stylesheet to create formatted PDF.
> Cocoon can be integrated with Apache, so what would
> happen is that PDF creation buttons point to a URL
> that Cocoon handles.
>
> If we really want to get pie in the sky, SQL Ledger
> could be completely ported to Java, XML and Cocoon...
>
> Regards,
> Don
>
>
>
>
> --- Jeff Kowalczyk <jt...@ad...> wrote:
> > I came across this article today that would offer
> > one possible path for
> > SQL ledger to offer the formatted printing features
> > that are currently
> > being discussed.
> >
> >
> http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/09/19/sax-non-xml-data.html
> >
> > I found it interesting because the subject discussed
> > would be something
> > that could be grafted on top of SQL ledger, rather
> > than requiring large
> > changes in the perl scripts themselves.
> >
> > Specifically, the article introduces some techniques
> > that can be used to
> > output perl structures as XML. From there, we could
> > leverage the FOP
> > library to produce formatted PDF output. The current
> > implementation of
> > the FOP libarary is Java-based, but that may not be
> > a permanent
> > limitation.
> >
> > There are a number of other benefits to having XML
> > output of
> > sql-ledger's perl variables, as one can imagine.
> >
> >
>
>
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