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Posted to user@ofbiz.apache.org by Torsten Schlabach <ts...@gmx.net> on 2007/05/04 16:51:04 UTC

PDF Output Formatting (Orders, Invoices, etc.)

Hi all!

I am currently working on the rendering of output for a show, 
specifically orders, invoices and the like.

If what I found is right, OFBiz currently takes the conversion from 
in-memory data to XSL-FO in one goal through FTL templates.

Would it be a) possible and b) desireable to make this a 2-step process, 
i.e.:

1. have OFBiz generate XML, for example:

<order>
   <head>
     <party id="XX">
        ...
     </party>
     ...
   </head>
   <items>
     ...
   </items>
</order>

2. turn that XML into XSL-FO using an XSLT stylesheet.

I can for sure create FTL templates which generate the XML I am looking 
for. But is there a mechanism for chaining the steps, i.e. FTL 
processing, then XSLT processing, then FOP processing?

Does this make sense at all?

Regards,
Torsten

Re: PDF Output Formatting (Orders, Invoices, etc.)

Posted by Torsten Schlabach <ts...@gmx.net>.

 > Why transform the data twice?

To be able to keep content and formatting separate.

Regards,
Torsten

Scott Gray schrieb:
> Why transform the data twice?
> 
> Regards
> Scott
> 
> On 05/05/07, Torsten Schlabach <ts...@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I am currently working on the rendering of output for a show,
>> specifically orders, invoices and the like.
>>
>> If what I found is right, OFBiz currently takes the conversion from
>> in-memory data to XSL-FO in one goal through FTL templates.
>>
>> Would it be a) possible and b) desireable to make this a 2-step process,
>> i.e.:
>>
>> 1. have OFBiz generate XML, for example:
>>
>> <order>
>>    <head>
>>      <party id="XX">
>>         ...
>>      </party>
>>      ...
>>    </head>
>>    <items>
>>      ...
>>    </items>
>> </order>
>>
>> 2. turn that XML into XSL-FO using an XSLT stylesheet.
>>
>> I can for sure create FTL templates which generate the XML I am looking
>> for. But is there a mechanism for chaining the steps, i.e. FTL
>> processing, then XSLT processing, then FOP processing?
>>
>> Does this make sense at all?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Torsten
>>
>

Re: PDF Output Formatting (Orders, Invoices, etc.)

Posted by Scott Gray <le...@gmail.com>.

Why transform the data twice?

Regards
Scott

On 05/05/07, Torsten Schlabach <ts...@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I am currently working on the rendering of output for a show,
> specifically orders, invoices and the like.
>
> If what I found is right, OFBiz currently takes the conversion from
> in-memory data to XSL-FO in one goal through FTL templates.
>
> Would it be a) possible and b) desireable to make this a 2-step process,
> i.e.:
>
> 1. have OFBiz generate XML, for example:
>
> <order>
>    <head>
>      <party id="XX">
>         ...
>      </party>
>      ...
>    </head>
>    <items>
>      ...
>    </items>
> </order>
>
> 2. turn that XML into XSL-FO using an XSLT stylesheet.
>
> I can for sure create FTL templates which generate the XML I am looking
> for. But is there a mechanism for chaining the steps, i.e. FTL
> processing, then XSLT processing, then FOP processing?
>
> Does this make sense at all?
>
> Regards,
> Torsten
>