[XML-SIG] xml to pdf... a newbie question...

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I found "htmldoc" much simpler than ReportLab and
more in line with what I needed.

rmangaliag@slu.edu.ph wrote:

>thanks... i'm currently downloading it now...
>
>how about if i choose to present the reports in postscript???
>
>is there a python application that can change xml/xsl to postscript???
>
>tnx again...
>:)
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>>a friend showed me fop of java which is capable of creating 
>>pdf files using 
>>xml/xsl...
>>
>>do we have a python program/application that can do the same...
>>
>>i am about to start a web-based project here in our school 
>>that will require 
>>reports in pdf format, i want to use zope and wondering if 
>>and when i access a 
>>database and return an xml version of it, i could change it to pdf...
>>
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>Unfortunately I haven't seen a FO processor written in Python yet, but
>there's another possible solution for you: a free library called ReportLab
>for PDF creation with Python.
>
>It does'nt use XML/XSLT and FO but that probably doesn't matter for your
>project, on the contrary: ReportLab was especially designed for generation
>of PDF documents in real time from any data source on web servers. Here you
>can find it: http://www.reportlab.com/
>
>Regards
>Gisbert Amm
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I found "htmldoc" much simpler than ReportLab and 
more in line with what I needed. 
 
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rmangaliag@slu.edu.ph">rmangaliag@slu.edu.ph</a> wrote: 
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 <pre wrap="">thanks... i'm currently downloading it now...

how about if i choose to present the reports in postscript???

is there a python application that can change xml/xsl to postscript???

tnx again...
:)

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    <pre wrap="">a friend showed me fop of java which is capable of creating 
pdf files using 
xml/xsl...

do we have a python program/application that can do the same...

i am about to start a web-based project here in our school 
that will require 
reports in pdf format, i want to use zope and wondering if 
and when i access a 
database and return an xml version of it, i could change it to pdf...

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  <pre wrap=""><!---->Unfortunately I haven't seen a FO processor written in Python yet, but
there's another possible solution for you: a free library called ReportLab
for PDF creation with Python.

It does'nt use XML/XSLT and FO but that probably doesn't matter for your
project, on the contrary: ReportLab was especially designed for generation
of PDF documents in real time from any data source on web servers. Here you
can find it: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.reportlab.com/">http://www.reportlab.com/</a>

Regards
Gisbert Amm
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