XML + XSL <=> fully visually formated, paginated file.

Very roughly:
* XML = data
* XSL = fonts/colors

What about:
* pagination
* graphical elements
* background images

What is proposed with PDF results in a fully paginated, layouted file with embedded graphics all nicely wrapped up into a single template file.

Correction
As mentioned below, FOP uses XML tags to more or less completely specify layout, pagination, etc, etc. Thus you could have XML encoded data and using an XSLT tranformation end up with a XSL-fo file that would be nicely layed-out. These file are specifically designed to be then rendered into PDF for presentation.

I'm not aware how mature the tools are for generating an XSL-fo file (especially GUI driven visual tools). I'm still in favor of PDF Templates because at this point PDF print drivers allow virtually any program to output PDF templates.

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In reply to Re: Re: PDF generation by freddo411
in thread PDF generation by michellem

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