Apache fop drawing in pdf

[cleary1981]

Hi,

Can anyone help? Im really stuck. I have an xml document with co-ordinates, lengths and widths. Is there anyway of drawing shapes when using apache fop to generate a pdf?

[Dormilich]

what kind of xml holds these values, a svg file?

a note on svg to pdf.

regards

[cleary1981]

Heres my xml file. I want one page of my document to be a drawing. Need to draw all <obj>.

[HTML]<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1' ?>
<quote>
<company>
<comp_name>xxxxx</comp_name>
<contact></contact>
<address>
<add1>xxxxacht Harbour</add1>
<add2>xxx</add2>
<town>Exxx</town>
<county>Hxxxx</county>
<pcode>xxxx</pcode>
</address>
<tel>0000000</tel>
</company>
<details>
<proj_id>j8888</proj_id>
<proj_name>STPs for UAE</proj_name>
<form>FORM 4 type 2</form>
<access>Front Only</access>
<cable_entry>Bottom</cable_entry>
<ip>00</ip>
<fault>50Ka 1sec 800a</fault>
<proj_manager>Mark Cleary</proj_manager>
<deadline>10/10/08</deadline>
</details>
<objects>
<obj id='894'>
<object_name>A1</object_name>
<module_name>Incoming 600x600</module_name>
<mod_desc>Incomer connection section 600x600</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>180</xpos>
<ypos>210</ypos>
<height>600</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='895'>
<object_name>A2</object_name>
<module_name>400A SINGLE MCCB 600X600</module_name>
<mod_desc>400A SINGLE MCCB 600X600</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>180</xpos>
<ypos>150</ypos>
<height>600</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='896'>
<object_name>B2</object_name>
<module_name>22 - 45KW CONV ASD 600X600</module_name>
<mod_desc>22 - 45KW CONV ASD 600X600</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>240</xpos>
<ypos>150</ypos>
<height>600</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='897'>
<object_name>B1</object_name>
<module_name>22 - 45KW CONV ASD 600X600</module_name>
<mod_desc>22 - 45KW CONV ASD 600X600</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>240</xpos>
<ypos>90</ypos>
<height>600</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='898'>
<object_name>cable1</object_name>
<module_name>Cable</module_name>
<mod_desc>Standard 400mm cable section</mod_desc>
<obj_desc>[object]</obj_desc>
<xpos>300</xpos>
<ypos>90</ypos>
<height>1800</height>
<width>400</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='899'>
<object_name>A3</object_name>
<module_name>0 - 3KW CONV VSD 600X600</module_name>
<mod_desc>0 - 3KW CONV VSD 600X600</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>180</xpos>
<ypos>90</ypos>
<height>600</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='900'>
<object_name>B3</object_name>
<module_name>0 - 5.5KW DOL 600x400</module_name>
<mod_desc>0 - 5.5KW DOL 600x400</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>240</xpos>
<ypos>210</ypos>
<height>400</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='901'>
<object_name>C1</object_name>
<module_name>90KW VSD 600X1800</module_name>
<mod_desc>90KW VSD 600X1800</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>340</xpos>
<ypos>90</ypos>
<height>1600</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='902'>
<object_name>D1</object_name>
<module_name>3 - 7.5KW CONV VSD 600X600</module_name>
<mod_desc>3 - 7.5KW CONV VSD 600X600</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>400</xpos>
<ypos>90</ypos>
<height>600</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='903'>
<object_name>D2</object_name>
<module_name>14WAY DIST BOARD 600X600</module_name>
<mod_desc>ACTUATED VALVE 14WAY DIST BOARD 600X600</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>400</xpos>
<ypos>150</ypos>
<height>600</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='904'>
<object_name>D3</object_name>
<module_name>Spare 600x400</module_name>
<mod_desc>Spare section 600x400</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>400</xpos>
<ypos>210</ypos>
<height>400</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='904'>
<object_name>D3</object_name>
<module_name>SPARE 600x400</module_name>
<mod_desc>Spare 600x400</mod_desc>
<obj_desc></obj_desc>
<xpos>400</xpos>
<ypos>210</ypos>
<height>400</height>
<width>600</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
<obj id='905'>
<object_name>cable2</object_name>
<module_name>Cable</module_name>
<mod_desc>Standard 400mm cable section</mod_desc>
<obj_desc>[object]</obj_desc>
<xpos>460</xpos>
<ypos>90</ypos>
<height>1800</height>
<width>400</width>
<depth>600</depth>
</obj>
</objects> </quote>
[/HTML]

[Dormilich]

transform your <obj>s to svg and let apache draw it.

regards

[cleary1981]

Thanks, can you point me in the direction of any working example/tutorials? Its just I find the Apache sites documentation a bit hard to follow. Even a book perhaps?

[Dormilich]

I have not used svg before, but you can try the svg wiki.
besides that, google is your friend.

regards