Hi,

Does anyone know how to convert xml data into a formated PDF doc using
vbscript. I have a lot of experience with xml xsl transformations... Im not
looking for ways to use word and a print driver I was hoping for a component,
preferably freeware, that someone knows about. Any recommendations would be
great, or even where to start looking?

Rob

"Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to convert xml data into a formated PDF doc using
> vbscript. I have a lot of experience with xml xsl transformations... Im
> not
> looking for ways to use word and a print driver I was hoping for a
> component,
> preferably freeware, that someone knows about. Any recommendations would
> be
> great, or even where to start looking?
>
> Rob

Please do not post the same question independently to multiple groups. If
you want to cover a few groups post simultaneously so that it will be marked
as read across them all.
I already answered this somewhat in dotnet.xml.

--

Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
http://joe.fawcett.name

"Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to convert xml data into a formated PDF doc using
> vbscript. I have a lot of experience with xml xsl transformations... Im

not

> looking for ways to use word and a print driver I was hoping for a

component,

> preferably freeware, that someone knows about. Any recommendations would

be

> great, or even where to start looking?
>

What you are looking for is a xsl-fo tool. There are some free ones about
but I'm not sure any have a VBScript friendly COM interface.

--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

"Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3D8BB9D0-F4BB-400D-B95F-6A092295CA63@xxxxxx

> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to convert xml data into a formated PDF doc using
> > vbscript. I have a lot of experience with xml xsl transformations... Im
> > not
> > looking for ways to use word and a print driver I was hoping for a
> > component,
> > preferably freeware, that someone knows about. Any recommendations would
> > be
> > great, or even where to start looking?
> >
> > Rob

> Please do not post the same question independently to multiple groups. If
> you want to cover a few groups post simultaneously so that it will be

marked

> as read across them all.
> I already answered this somewhat in dotnet.xml.
>

To be fair it not exactly the same question. The goal is the same though
and its clear now that I've read the dotnet.xml version of the question that
Robert is already aware of xml-fo which would have been a useful detail to
include in this question.



--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

Hi Joe, It is a very similar question and I do appreciate your help. There is
a subtle difference though. In the xml general group I was asking for help
with a commercial app , probably server side to do mass translations from xml
to pdf for my job..

As you can probably tell, this is the first time I have looked at PDFs so I
am ignorant.. What I am asking for here is if there is a (specifically)
vbscript component that I can use to get used to the way xsl-fo and pdf's
work.. prototyping if you like... I have a book on xsl-fo on the way..

Sorry I didnt distinguish the difference between the questions




"Joe Fawcett" wrote:

>
>
> "Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3D8BB9D0-F4BB-400D-B95F-6A092295CA63@xxxxxx

> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to convert xml data into a formated PDF doc using
> > vbscript. I have a lot of experience with xml xsl transformations... Im
> > not
> > looking for ways to use word and a print driver I was hoping for a
> > component,
> > preferably freeware, that someone knows about. Any recommendations would
> > be
> > great, or even where to start looking?
> >
> > Rob

> Please do not post the same question independently to multiple groups. If
> you want to cover a few groups post simultaneously so that it will be marked
> as read across them all.
> I already answered this somewhat in dotnet.xml.
>
> --
>
> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
> http://joe.fawcett.name
>
>
>

Robert schrieb:
[...]

> As you can probably tell, this is the first time I have looked at PDFs so I
> am ignorant.. What I am asking for here is if there is a (specifically)
> vbscript component that I can use to get used to the way xsl-fo and pdf's
> work.. prototyping if you like... I have a book on xsl-fo on the way..

[...]

> "Joe Fawcett" wrote:

>> "Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3D8BB9D0-F4BB-400D-B95F-6A092295CA63@xxxxxx

[...]

>>> Does anyone know how to convert xml data into a formated PDF doc using
>>> vbscript. I have a lot of experience with xml xsl transformations... Im

[...]
I don't think that VBScript is a good language to experiment with .pdf,
..xml, .xslt, and xsl-fo. There is no native support for such problems;
all you can do is harness suitable application/tools via COM or WSH.Run/Exec.

If you know Perl, you could use it to control the workflow between
tools *and* do low level work - creating .pdfs by code - using modules
like PDF-API2, PDF-Writer, or Text-PDF.

If you are more familiar with BASIC dialects, you could use VB.NET and
iTextSharp
http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/)
or NFOP
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/nfop.aspx
http://code-inside.de/blog/2007/12/0...-net-mit-nfop/

"Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Joe, It is a very similar question and I do appreciate your help. There
> is
> a subtle difference though. In the xml general group I was asking for help
> with a commercial app , probably server side to do mass translations from
> xml
> to pdf for my job..
>
> As you can probably tell, this is the first time I have looked at PDFs so
> I
> am ignorant.. What I am asking for here is if there is a (specifically)
> vbscript component that I can use to get used to the way xsl-fo and pdf's
> work.. prototyping if you like... I have a book on xsl-fo on the way..
>
> Sorry I didnt distinguish the difference between the questions
>

Fair enough, I was in semi-automatic mode...

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Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
http://joe.fawcett.name