Converting to PDF in ASP

[mi...@honeywell.com]

We have an ASP project at the company I'm working for which needs to print
some reports.  Since I just used FOP for a java/servlet project (and this
company is a java shop), I would like to use the XML->XSL-FO->PDF method to
do the reports.  I've seen many activeX PDF converters for ASP, but I
haven't seen anyway to use FOP or anything like FOP for an ASP webapp.  I
don' t want to use the activeX controls because this project will probably
be converted to java in the future and I would like to reuse the XSL files.

Anyone have any thoughts on the best way to go?

Thanks, Mike

Re: Converting to PDF in ASP

[Balaji Loganathan <ba...@yahoo.com>]

Hi Mike,
  I have pasted the previous discussion below on this
topic,may be this could help you.
Regards
Balaji
***********Message*************
Subject: Re: Using FOP on a ASP.NET server to convert
FO to PDF
From: "Wim Sandra" <wi...@quadrat.be>
 ===
I've integrated FOP in a ASP.NET server by
implementing a COM 
component.
The COM components export a very simple interface with
a method that 
takes
some XML data, a XSL-FO stylesheet and writes a PDF
file (or writes the 
PDF
data to some memory).   The COM component calls the
FOP java methods 
with
JNI (Java Native Interface).

Ultimately, in your C# ASP.NET application, we more or
less write:

FOPLib.Fop fop = new FOPLib.Fop();

fop.fop2File(xmlData,xsltData,outputFileName);

Response.Redirect(outputFileName);

or

FOPLib.Fop fop = new FOPLib.Fop();

uint numBytes = fop.fop2Memory(xmlData,xsltData);

byte [] bytes = new byte [numBytes];

renderer.read(bytes);

Response.Expires = 0;
Response.Buffer = true;
Response.ContentType = @"application/pdf";
Response.BinaryWrite(bytes);
Response.End();

Wim

"Balaji Loganathan" <ba...@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
news:mailman.1024218060.21749.fop@basebeans.com...
> Hi,
>    Did u able to install Tomcat with IIS.if so then
> integrating FOP with .NET server is easy.
>   My suggestion is ,
> 1.Try to install Tomcat and run some sample servlet
> examples.
> 2.Try to configure FOP with Tomcat so that u can run
> the FopServlet(a sample servlet which convert FO/XSL
> to pdf)from the browser.
> 3.Try to configure Tomcat with IIS
> 4.Then u can do the same with .NET server.
>
> Documentation/steps/guidelines are available from
> Tomcat,FOP packages.
>  Just give another try.It will work.
>
> Rgds
> Balaji
>
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 --- mike.witt@honeywell.com wrote: > We have an ASP
project at the company I'm working
> for which needs to print
> some reports.  Since I just used FOP for a
> java/servlet project (and this
> company is a java shop), I would like to use the
> XML->XSL-FO->PDF method to
> do the reports.  I've seen many activeX PDF
> converters for ASP, but I
> haven't seen anyway to use FOP or anything like FOP
> for an ASP webapp.  I
> don' t want to use the activeX controls because this
> project will probably
> be converted to java in the future and I would like
> to reuse the XSL files.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts on the best way to go?
> 
> Thanks, Mike
>  

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