I have been working on a few driver classes for FOP (based on the MIF classes) that will allow interoperability with the JFOR (www.jfor.org) package. JFOR already converts (rather then renders) fo to rtf, and there is a movement to combine the two completely. First though, I will submit code that calls the JFOR package. JFOR has been moved under the Apache umbrella so sometime in the future the JFOR can be fully merged with FOP. For more information see the mailing list archives at JFORs current sorceforge page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/jfor. Expect a submission in a week or two.
Chris Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Keiron Liddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: FOP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:20 AM Subject: RE: FO to RTF > Hi Ramana, > > Firs thing would be to decide on where to put the code eg. > org.apache.fop.rtf.* > > It would appear that this area hasn't been documented much (there are > some emails). > > A summary: > - these types of formats (RTF, MIF) do not need the layout process > - there is a StructureHandler that receives events from the FO Tree > while it is being created (start, end) > - the MIFHandler extends the StructureHandler to create a MIF Document > by using the start document, end document, start page sequence, end > pagesequence etc. to build the document and place the contents inside. > This only has a start of an implementation but the RTFHandler would > probably do the same sort of things. > - the structure of the document is received through the FO Tree from the > SAX events, the markup properties are resolved using the property stuff > on the FO Tree. > > I don't know anything about RTF but I believe this should make it all > possible. > > So I suggest you look in apps.StructureHandler and mif.MIFHandler, keep > in mind this is only a start of the implementation. Sort out the JFor > code, packages and get it compiling. > Implement a start to a RTFHandler that will create the RTF document and > some simple things. > > If you have any more questions, fire away. This area could do with some > documentation. > > Keiron. > > On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 13:43, RamanaJV wrote: > > Keiron, > > I have been experimenting with several FO to RTF tools. The developer is > > required to have the knowledge of RTF and the FOP architechure to work on > > this RTF renderer. > > I'm ready to work on this, but I need some help with the seniors in > > understanding the FOP architechure, as I'm a newbie. > > > > Ramana. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
