Re: Getting Screen Output while Processing?
I'm not sure I totally understand, but if it is in the realm of Java I have found log4j to be very useful for outputting messages. It can be configured to output data for specific classes to the console, to files (html, xml, txt) or to a DB. Check out the articles section of the page below for further details: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/documentation.html Luke Shannon Web Design/Development Java Programmer http://www.lukeshannon.com phone: 416-570-1984 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:57 AM Subject: Getting Screen Output while Processing? Hi, gang, A fellow sent me a private message this morning because government policy won't let him post a message to a public group such as this one. So I'm going to rephrase his question and then send your answer back to him. How can I get my own messages on the screen as FOP processes a file? With XSLT, I can use the message instruction. Is there a similar instruction that I can use with FOP? Or some other way to get messages? Thanks. Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting Screen Output while Processing?
Hi, Luke, If I gather correctly, the fellow with the problem is looking for a way to customize the output of the [INFO] tags or (more precisely, I think) generate his own [INFO] tags. He's processing a large number of tables, which is going very slowly (tables being FOP's slow spot, after all) and he wants to know how far through the generation process FOP has gotten. If he had a way to spit out an [INFO] that told him how many tables had been processed so far (and thus number the tables), he could tell how far along the process is. He'd like to do that on the console (standard error, the screen, the command line, or whatever other not-quite-right synonym people use), so that he can see the progress as it goes. Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/18/2005 11:51 AM Please respond to fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org To fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org cc Subject Re: Getting Screen Output while Processing? I'm not sure I totally understand, but if it is in the realm of Java I have found log4j to be very useful for outputting messages. It can be configured to output data for specific classes to the console, to files (html, xml, txt) or to a DB. Check out the articles section of the page below for further details: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/documentation.html Luke Shannon Web Design/Development Java Programmer http://www.lukeshannon.com phone: 416-570-1984 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:57 AM Subject: Getting Screen Output while Processing? Hi, gang, A fellow sent me a private message this morning because government policy won't let him post a message to a public group such as this one. So I'm going to rephrase his question and then send your answer back to him. How can I get my own messages on the screen as FOP processes a file? With XSLT, I can use the message instruction. Is there a similar instruction that I can use with FOP? Or some other way to get messages? Thanks. Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Getting Screen Output while Processing?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Jay, If I gather correctly, the fellow with the problem is looking for a way to customize the output of the [INFO] tags or (more precisely, I think) generate his own [INFO] tags. Well, the [INFO] messages come from the default ConsoleLogger in Avalon's logging framework that is used in FOP 0.20.5. A formatting object with effects similar to xsl:message is definitely not defined in the 1.0 Rec, but in theory, it seems possible to create a custom FO extension that does no more than send a message to whatever Logger you're using. So that one would be able to go: fox:message level=infoCustom message text/fox:message But then, I'm wondering, *when* would you make this message appear? As soon as it is encountered? Even if he placed such an element immediately after a table, that would only assure that the message appears on the Logger at the time the fo:table is fully read in. This would in no way mean that the table is completely processed, which seems to be what he's after... It might work if the extension results in a marker in the area tree for the renderer to pick up, so that the messages would pop up only after a table has been fully rendered. If he doesn't mind the trouble, have him take a look at how bookmarks are implemented as an extension (in 0.20.5). It should turn out to be a bit simpler, because there is no need to bother with the really renderer-specific code. All the renderer needs to do, is send a log message. HTH! Greetz, Andreas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
