DarthLuch@g... wrote:
> Would like to get feedback on a process we do, as well as suggested
> alternatives.
> 
> We produce a software for the airline biz... One of the features is
> take take aircraft OEM provided SGML/XML data, mix it with data from
> our own application, and show a PDF print of it. We save our own data
> as xml, merge it with the OEM xml data, and use a stylesheet to control
> how we want it to look. We use Apache FOP to turn it into a PDF.
> 
> Functionally, it works great... It does everything we want, and we've
> gotten used to the XSL coding. The problem is, the speed.... Many
> times, many of these need to be printed in succession. Or, even when
> just printing one at a time... The Apache FOP processer just takes long
> to convert it to PDF.
> 
> My first question is... can someone suggest any alternative processors
> for this purpose? I know I can search for them, but I'd like a specific
> recommendation for this specified need. My preference would be one in C
> or C++, only because I *think* that would make it perform faster.

I use XSLT to generate LaTeX code from XML text, and then run pdfLaTeX 
to produce PDF. I find this is faster, easier to program, and produces 
better quality typography than any of the XSL:FO methods.

///Peter
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