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
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