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Re: XSL-Fo and css

From: "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@------.--->
To: NULL
Date: 8/3/2006 9:22:00 PM

On 3 Aug 2006 08:42:19 -0700, nkammah@y... wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have hard time understanding the purpose of xsl-fo when we can
>combine xsl and css.
>What are the advantages?
>Am i not doing the good thing by using css to generate html pages based
>on .xml files, in web browsers?

xsl:fo is usually used by a FOP processor to create PDF documents.

You're right, it's overkill for the web where CSS is near to ideal for
the requirements of the job (and probably isn't supported in any major
browser anyway ;-)

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs


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