Use FOP to generate PDF

Hi:
I downloaded the FOP and followed the instruction and had it working on my test box (laptop with windows XP/Oracle10g DB/HtmlDB standalone(no app server)). However, I encountered a java error when I tried to deploy it to Linux box (RedHat ES/Oracle10G DB/HtmlDB standalone(no app server)). The error message is:
500 Internal Server Error
OracleJSP: oracle.jsp.provider.JspCompileException:
Errors compiling:/opt/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/Db_1/oc4j/j2ee/home/application-deployments/default/defaultWebApp/persistence/_pages//_htmldb__fop__render.java
directory does not exist: -J-Xmx1024m
Eclipse Java Compiler 0.319_R21x
Copyright IBM Corp 2000, 2003. All rights reserved.
Usage:
where options include:
Any help is appreciated.

I have the same problem with FOP. The problem come from xerces.jar , xalan.jar versions needed by FOP. Weblogic load a previously version of this jar file.

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I followed the otn article for generating pdf files uing FOP.
But I was unable to do so. When I debugged it I found that when the javascript tries to get the XMLFO output from htmldb it gets a blank xml output. I tried to use the exact same url the java script uses ( I got the url by using alerts in java script) I got back an empty xml file.
I am using htmldb 2.0 on 9.2.0.5.
Can any one point me to the right direction
thanks
amit

Hi,
I am using iAS 1.0.2.2.2 (Jserv) it is an Oracle Applications Environment.
I finished the whole note.
1. Downloaded the FOP jar files.
2. Unzipped the jar files in the JAVA_TOP of the Applications environment
3. JAVA_TOP is already in the class path of the jserv
4. Added the jsp file to the correct directory
5. Created the htmdb application with the java script
6. I put some debugging alerts in the java script
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Using cfdocument to generate PDF

Hi all,
The actual table is a lot larger than the mock-up one that I am going to show you but this mock-up one does explain the problem. Please go to http://www.monteandjanicechan.com/test_table.cfm
The thickness of the grid lines in the table are coming up the way I want in the HTML version. You can do a View Source to see the actual HTML stuff that gets generated. Now, I put these HTMl codes within the cfdocument tag with format="pdf"; please go to http://www.monteandjanicechan.com/test_table_pdf.cfm. You will see the inconsistent thickness of the grid line for sneezing and for flu. To further illustrate my point, I removed the background colors and generate a PDF; please go to http://www.monteandjanicechan.com/test_table_pdf_nocolor.cfm. The thickness of the grid lines is back to normal.
This leads me to believe that the background color of one cell somehow goes over to the cell right next to it and cover up the border. Here are the strange things:
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Two things:
1) Whether or not this is a bug. The cfdocument style implementation seems to differ from the browser's. It seems that, in cfdocument, the style of an element overrides that of the element preceding it. For example, the style of the row
<tr>
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    <td class="c" style="background-color:#99FF99">Sneezing</td>
</tr>
overrrides the style of the row
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.c_first {border-right:1px solid black;}
.d_first {border-left:1px solid black;}
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<td class="d_first" style="background-color:#ffff99">Vitamins</td>
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<head>
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        border-bottom: 1px solid black;
        border-top: 1px solid black;
        border-right: 1px solid black;
    .a2_style
        {border-left: 1px solid black;
        border-bottom: 1px solid black;
        border-top: 1px solid black;
        border-right: 2px solid black;
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        border-bottom: 1px solid black;
        border-top: 1px solid black;
        border-right: 1px solid black;
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         border-left: 1px solid black;}
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        border-right: 2px solid black;
        border-bottom: 1px solid black;
        background-color: 99FF99;}
    .c2
        {border-right: 2px solid black;
        border-bottom: 1px solid black;
        background-color: cccccc;}
    .c_first
        border-right: 2px solid black;*/
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        border-top: 1px solid black;
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        border-bottom: 1px solid black;
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        border-bottom: 1px solid black;
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        border-bottom: 1px solid black;
        /* border-left: 1px solid black;*/
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<tr>
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    <td class="a2_style">Problem</td>
    <td class="a3_style">Treatment</td>
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</tr>
<tr>
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<tr>
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<tr>
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I need to create a PDF report with multiple pages.the layout is as follows.
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@Dick_Adams
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Writing a java program for generating .pdf file with the data of MS-Excel .

Hi all,
My object is write a java program so tht...it'll generate the .pdf file after retriving the data from MS-Excel file.
I used POI HSSF to read the data from MS-Excel and used iText to generate .pdf file:
My Program is:
* Created on Apr 13, 2005
* TODO To change the template for this generated file go to
* Window - Preferences - Java - Code Style - Code Templates
package forums;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.Color;
import com.lowagie.text.*;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
import com.lowagie.text.Font.*;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase.*;
import net.sf.hibernate.mapping.Array;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.*;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.*;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.*;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
* Generates a simple 'Hello World' PDF file.
* @author blowagie
public class pdfgenerator {
     * Generates a PDF file with the text 'Hello World'
     * @param args no arguments needed here
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          System.out.println("Hello World");
          Rectangle pageSize = new Rectangle(916, 1592);
                    pageSize.setBackgroundColor(new java.awt.Color(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xDE));
          // step 1: creation of a document-object
          //Document document = new Document(pageSize);
          Document document = new Document(pageSize, 132, 164, 108, 108);
          try {
               // step 2:
               // we create a writer that listens to the document
               // and directs a PDF-stream to a file
               PdfWriter writer =PdfWriter.getInstance(document,new FileOutputStream("c:\\weeklystatus.pdf"));
               writer.setEncryption(PdfWriter.STRENGTH128BITS, "Hello", "World", PdfWriter.AllowCopy | PdfWriter.AllowPrinting);
//               step 3: we open the document
                         document.open();
               Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("",new Font(Font.TIMES_ROMAN, 13, Font.BOLDITALIC, new Color(0, 0, 255)));
               POIFSFileSystem pofilesystem=new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream("D:\\ESM\\plans\\weekly report(31-01..04-02).xls"));
               HSSFWorkbook hbook=new HSSFWorkbook(pofilesystem);
               HSSFSheet hsheet=hbook.getSheetAt(0);//.createSheet();
               Iterator rows = hsheet.rowIterator();
                              while( rows.hasNext() ) {
                                   Phrase phrase=new Phrase();
                                   HSSFRow row = (HSSFRow) rows.next();
                                   //System.out.println( "Row #" + row.getRowNum());
                                   // Iterate over each cell in the row and print out the cell's content
                                   Iterator cells = row.cellIterator();
                                   while( cells.hasNext() ) {
                                        HSSFCell cell = (HSSFCell) cells.next();
                                        //System.out.println( "Cell #" + cell.getCellNum() );
                                        switch ( cell.getCellType() ) {
                                             case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
                                             String stringcell=cell.getStringCellValue ()+" ";
                                             writer.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);
                                             phrase.add(stringcell);
                                        // document.add(new Phrase(string));
                                                  System.out.print( cell.getStringCellValue () );
                                                  break;
                                             case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA:
                                                       String stringdate=cell.getCellFormula()+" ";
                                                       writer.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);
                                                       phrase.add(stringdate);
                                             System.out.print( cell.getCellFormula() );
                                                       break;
                                             case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
                                             String string=String.valueOf(cell.getNumericCellValue())+" ";
                                                  writer.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);
                                                  phrase.add(string);
                                                  System.out.print( cell.getNumericCellValue() );
                                                  break;
                                             default:
                                                  //System.out.println( "unsuported sell type" );
                                                  break;
                                   document.add(new Paragraph(phrase));
                                   document.add(new Paragraph("\n \n \n"));
               // step 4: we add a paragraph to the document
          } catch (DocumentException de) {
               System.err.println(de.getMessage());
          } catch (IOException ioe) {
               System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
          // step 5: we close the document
          document.close();
My Input from MS-Excel file is:
     Planning and Tracking Template for Interns
     Name of the Intern     N.Kesavulu Reddy
     Project Name     Enterprise Sales and Marketing
     Description     Estimated Effort in Hrs     Planned/Replanned          Actual          Actual Effort in Hrs     Complexity     Priority     LOC written new & modified     % work completion     Status     Rework     Remarks
S.No               Start Date     End Date     Start Date     End Date
1     setup the configuration          31/01/2005     1/2/2005     31/01/2005     1/2/2005
2     Deploying an application through Tapestry, Spring, Hibernate          2/2/2005     2/2/2005     2/2/2005     2/2/2005
3     Gone through Componentization and Cxprice application          3/2/2005     3/2/2005     3/2/2005     3/2/2005
4     Attend the sessions(tapestry,spring, hibernate), QBA          4/2/2005     4/2/2005     4/2/2005     4/2/2005
     The o/p I'm gettint in .pdf file is:
Planning and Tracking Template for Interns
N.Kesavulu Reddy Name of the Intern
Enterprise Sales and Marketing Project Name
Remarks Rework Status % work completion LOC written new & modified Priority
Complexity Actual Effort in Hrs Actual Planned/Replanned Estimated Effort in Hrs Description
End Date Start Date End Date Start Date S.No
38354.0 31/01/2005 38354.0 31/01/2005 setup the configuration 1.0
38385.0 38385.0 38385.0 38385.0 Deploying an application through Tapestry, Spring, Hibernate
2.0
38413.0 38413.0 38413.0 38413.0 Gone through Componentization and Cxprice application
3.0
38444.0 38444.0 38444.0 38444.0 Attend the sessions(tapestry,spring, hibernate), QBA 4.0
                                   The issues i'm facing are:
When it is reading a row from MS-Excel it is writing to the .pdf file from last cell to first cell.( 2 cell in 1 place, 1 cell in 2 place like if the row has two cells with data as : Name of the Intern: Kesavulu Reddy then it is writing to the .pdf file as Kesavulu Reddy Name of Intern)
and the second issue is:
It is not recognizing the date format..it is recognizing the date in first row only......
Plz Tell me wht is the solution for this...
Regards
[email protected]

Don't double post your question:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=617605&messageID=3450899#3450899
/Kaj

Unable to generate PDF files

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I see no problem with your batch file, and the messages
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you read the email (currently adjacent) titled:
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It describes several different approaches, including
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I am new to RH. I have imported a folder of HTML files (used in an Eclipse Help plugin) into RH9 for HTML as a project. My goal is to produce a PDF document.
When I generate a PDF from Printed Documentation in the Single Source Layouts pad, many styles are incorrect. I've tried generating to Word and from there to PDF with the same effect.
However, when I use Create PDF for Review from Project Manager the styles shown in the PDF (fonts, alignment, etc) are nearly perfect! Is the PDF Review option using a different CSS?
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I would like to generate PDF files from a WebDynpro application without using Adobe Interactive forms.
I think that I can export context data to XML stream and then apply XSLT transformation to produce XSLFO format and then pass it to xlfo processor i.e FOP to generate the PDF file.
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Thanks in advance.
Thomas.

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http://javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/iText/ .
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hope this one helps you.
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Rahul.

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While we are testing we are encountering problem with writing images.
In .fo file if the image is included, it is giving the following exception.
We are of no clue regarding this. If any one can help in this regard, please help us out.
Help of any kind is greatly appreciated.
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java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: parseImage
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at sun.awt.image.GifImageDecoder.produceImage(Compiled Code)
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at sun.awt.image.ImageFetcher.fetchloop(Compiled Code)
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Error while creating area : Error while loading image file:/C:\fop1.4\src\xml_fe
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asjf

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Because of this my static width / height setting like
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the solution for iText then please help me as i tried
to use that too but arabic data is not displayed.
Gurpreet SinghKaaka, yeh dekho. http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/#part3
There are a number of examples using Unicode and fonts- they might be of some help.
I am not too familiar with iText, so you may want to ask specific questions over there.
Here is a link for FOP:
http://www.javaranch.com/journal/200409/CreatingMultipleLanguagePDFusingApacheFOP.html

Converting xml file with arabic content to pdf using FOP

Hello all
I am trying to convert a dynamically generated xml file in which most of the data comes from the oracle database with arabic content, to pdf using FOP. I have used "Windows-1256" encoding for the xml. If i open the xml generated with the internet explorer the arabic content displays properly but the pdf is not generated and the acrobat reader shows the file as corrupted or not supported. Please help me. Its very urgent.
Thanks & Regards
Gurpreet Singh

There is no direct support for importing RTF from an XML extract. Perhaps feature 1514 "Mapping formatted XML data into multiline field" will be of some use. This was released in 11.0, I believe.
Essentially you can establish paragraph and certain text formatting like bold and underline when you include the proper token information in the data. I believe this is similar to simple HTML tokens.
Example: <FIELD><P>First paragraph of data.</P><P>New paragraph with <B><U>bold and underline text</U></B>. Rest of paragraph normal.</P></FIELD>
The result is something like this:
<P>First paragraph of data.</P><P>New paragraph with <B><U>bold and underline text</U></B>. Rest of paragraph normal.</P>

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