You can certainly write and use extension functions with Xalan-C++, but we don't have a standard ones that do this. That book may have been talking about Xalan-J and some custom-written extension functions.
You can generate PDFs with Xalan-J and FOP, both of which are Apache
products. You could use Xalan-C++ instead of Xalan-J, but FOP is written
in Java, so you might as well stick with Xalan-J.
Dave
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Guys,
(Appologies for cross-posting, wasn't sure which was best..)
Is it possible, using Xalan C++ (and inparticular, the Perl XML::Xalan
module) to generate things like JPEG's and PDF's...
My Oreilly XSLT book describes how to do the actuall XSLT, but, just
running
a simple template with:
[snip] xmlns:jpeg="xalan://JPEGWriter" extension-element-prefixes="jpeg"
[snip]
[snip]
<xsl:when test="function-available('jpeg:buildJPEGFile')">
Yes
</when>
<xsl:otherwise>
No!
</xsl:otherwise>
... returns a "No"...
Kinda what I'd expected really...
Is it possible? Do I need to install an extenstion? Do I have to find a
JPEG/PDF standalone program and write my own extension? Is that possible?
Am I up to it ;-) ?
Thanks,
Jimbo
