So as I've stated before I almost always deal with static XSL files when building my XML/XSL to FOP transformations.
When I do almost always start with one of two generic XSL files as a starter. One is a Generic Report XSL and another is a Generic Name Value Pair XSL , I've cleaned them up a bit and some commenting and put them up for everybody to try out.
To use them just upload them as a Named Column Template XSL and then apply to any APEX report, the named value pair page breaks after each row because I usually use it to create pages where there is one item with lots of detail.
You will get a very generic PDF but it can used as a base for other XSL files.
These templates also show some extra XSL features, like xsl:if or xsl:choose and xsl:attribute-set. I'll be posting some more specifics on XML+XSL=FOP transforms over the next couple weeks using these two files as examples but for you people that like reverse engineering stuff these files will immediately be useful.
A working example and files for download can be found here.
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:139
I suggest this site for people unfamiliar with XSL and FOP
http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/default.asp
http://www.w3schools.com/xslfo/default.asp
And I personally use XMLSpy ,one of the few Windows programs I use , for working with XML and XSL files it can directly create PDF's from an XML+XSL transform.
http://www.altova.com/products/xmlspy/xml_editor.html
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8:13 AM
I'm trying to learn how to convert to XSL-FO, so I appreciate you insight. I'm interested to see what other specifics you ended up posting. Does it change very much if I start with files in the XML format? Again thanks for such great information.6:27 PMYou are a Great while writing in the blogs it is awesome I liked it too much good and informative thanks for the sharing.
