Bill, you can take a look at https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/src/java/org/apache/fop/cli/image2fo.xsl?revision=611278 which I use for FOP's -imagein command-line parameter. Internally, I generate an XML that looks like this:
<image>http://myhost/myimage.png</image> You can easily extend this a little to include multiple images with some minimal XSLT knowledge. You can also just generate the FO directly if it's such a simple case. HTH On 06.08.2008 23:02:08 Bill Gamble wrote: > Hello Jeremias, > > Thank you very much for your reply. > > You are correct; I am trying to convert multiple svgs to one pdf. I read > through the FOP extensions documentation and it seems to make sense to me. > It's going to take a little while for some of this stuff to click with me > (logically). Are there any example XML/FO, and stylesheets out there that I > can take a look at that you know of? > > Thanks much! > Bill Gamble > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 4:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Graphics2D to PDF > > On 06.08.2008 22:11:10 Bill Gamble wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > > > I am new to Apache XML Graphics projects and I was wondering if someone > > could answer a few questions for me or point me in the right direction > where > > I can find them myself. > > > > > > > > What I am trying to accomplish: I am trying to use a Graphics2D object to > > draw to a multi page PDF document. > > > > > > > > I have read through the descriptions of Batik, FOP, and the Graphics > Commons > > project, and look through the available documentation and code samples and > > here is what I gathered so far: > > > > > > > > 1) I will need to draw out to an SVG file (in my case, multiple SVG > > files) with Batik. > > > > 2) Use FOP to read in the SVG files and write them to PDF. > > If I understand you correctly, you need to convert multiple SVGs to one > PDF, right? In that case, I'd recommend using FOP with the > fox:external-document extension (one such element per SVG): > http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/extensions.html#external-document > Obviously, that requires a minimal FO file that sticks the SVGs together. > That can easily be generated from a minimal XML file with the filenames > and a stylesheet that generates the necessary FO tags. > > If it's about converting only one SVG to PDF you can use the above or > you can use the PDFTranscoder (which unfortunately is still in FOP > although it's long been decided it should move. Just hasn't happened, > yet). http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/using/transcoder.html > > > > > > Is this correct? I was intrigued by the Graphics Commons overview which > > stated it provides "Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & > > PostScript files, and much more." and got me all excited, however I was > not > > able to find any documentation, examples, etc on how to do this. I googled > > it for a while but was not able to come up with anything relevant. > > Hmm, some of that description still only is about our dreams. Reality is > a bit behind still. ;-) There's a Graphics2D implementation there, but > the PDFDocumentGraphics2D class is still in FOP. It's still on my list > to move it....I'm hoping for more free time and energy. ;-) > > But I don't recommend interfacing directly with PDFDocumentGraphics2D if > you need to process SVG. It's probably much easier to use a higher-level > API like the Batik Transcoder API or the FOP API. > > > > > > > If anyone can: > > > > > > > > 1) Confirm or correct the statements about the best approach to > producing > > a multipage PDF document. > > See above. > > > 2) Point me to any documentation, javadocs, etc. I am probably missing > > something but have not been able to find much documentation at all. > > Javadocs can be produced for all of Batik, FOP and Commons. I hope that > above tips help you. Otherwise, please ping me again. > > Please post questions to the user list next time. Thanks! > > > > Jeremias Maerki Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
