Directory of XSL-FO Resources

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XSLT and XSL-FO are related as variants on XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language). However, FO refers to Formatting Objects, whereas XSLT refers to Transformations. The difference being that XSLT transforms from one format to another and FO is intended to be used in areas where exact output/positioning is required - such as in printing.

Resources in This Category

• Antenna House XSL Formatter

  http://www.antennahouse.com/
  An XSL-FO processor for Windows [Commercial].

• Apache's FOP Project

  http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/
  Open-source XSL-FO implementation; converts XSL-FO to PDF and other formats.

• html2fo

  http://html2fo.sourceforge.net/
  Generates valid FO documents from almost any (even badly formated) HTML file. Freeware.

• J4L FO Designer

  http://www.java4less.com/fopdesigner/fodesigner.php
  A WYSIWYG editor to create XSL-FO files to be used with Apache FOP.

• The FOray Project

  http://www.foray.org/
  An open-source XSL-FO publishing system that is suitable for converting XML content into PDF and other document formats.

• XML.com: Using Objects

  http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/01/17/xsl-fo/index.html
  An article tutorial which shows how to set up XSL:fo pages.

• XMLmind FO Converter

  http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/
  An XSL-FO to RTF converter [commercial, free for personal use].

• XSL FO Tutorial

  http://www.renderx.com/tutorial.html
  A learn-by-example tutorial, to facilitate reading the specification by giving a series of commented examples.

 

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