I guess it is better to build them as XML documents and use xsl:fo to transform them to FO documents. It is much easier. You could use the XML to render HTML, RTF or any other format. FOP programming is also much easier, as you shift all the java programming burden of building the FO document to FOP. Bhawana
-----Original Message----- From: Ismaeil, Sameh Z [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:37 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Building a FO document with FOP Hello All, We are trying to build FO documents through Java code, these documents will be rendered with FOP. I would like to know whether it is recommended to build them using the FOP classes that represent FO elements (FONode/FObj and its decendants), or whether it is better to build them as XML docuemnts and use FOP for rendering only. Thanks in advance
