Thanks for asking this question Manisha (as well of course for your excellent answers Jeremias and Holger)--I'm doing the same at work right now and these responses are helpful for me as well.
Glen --- Holger Dehnhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Manisha, > > have a look at > "http://sourceforge.net/projects/documentserver/"; > and browse the CVS Repository for > documentserver/Document-Server/src/de/lehmanns/documentServer/xmlFormatter > and have a look at > 1) SimpleSqlToXml.java which converts a ResultSet to > XML in the Form > <row> > <entity></entity> > <entity></entity> > ... > </row> > <row> > ... > (fast and simple) > > 2) Sql2XmlFormatter.java which converts a ResultSet > with the help of an > structure file to the form > <group1> > <group2> > <entity></entity> > ... > <group3> > <entity></entity> > ... > </group3> > </group2> > ... > </group1> > (Slow but more 'sophisticated') > > Holger > > > Am Dienstag, 15. Februar 2005 02:36 schrieb Manisha > Sathe: > > Initially i tested creating pdf using static > xml/xsl file using following > > dos prompt cmd - > > > > fop -xml myxml.xml -xsl myxsl.xsl -pdf mydoc.pdf > > > > Now i want to generate xml/pdf on fly. User will > specify search criteria - > > depending on that i will pick up data from > database.I want to generate xml > > from this data and use it to create pdf file. > > > > What is normal practice to do this? > > > > 1)I am not too sure about how to create XML - > whether use SAX/DOM or just > > type it out as a string data 2)e.g If i generate > XML o/p as a string - > > whether can i make use of this XML String to > generate pdf ? Or i need to > > write this in a file ? > > > > Pls guide me, if anybody can share sample which > shows creation of XML and > > generate pdf from that - would be a greate help. > > > > regards > > Manisha > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile > phone. > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
