Enhance Infopath to create XSL-FO

[Alain Tremblay]

I have an application that I developing for my company which will
utilize Infopath forms for data entry. Completed forms (xml) will be
submitted to the web server and inserted into database tables. I am
planning on using the XSL file (stylesheet) within the XSN file to
process an XSL Transformation on the web to display the data in a
read-only fashion for users that do not have Infopath. Additionally,
I have been asked to create a PDF document representing the completed
form. I've been searching for a product that will tranform the XSL
files from the Infopath form to PDF without any luck. I think if
Infopath was enhanced to create the XSL-FO stylesheet many more people
would use the product.

 

[G. Tarazi]

It is so simple

1- Use .NET to transform the xsl to HTML (5 lines of code max.)

2- Install adobe acrobat writer in the computer.

3- Use .Net to print the html to the acrobat printer

4- Capture all the new pdf files created from the virtual printer, using
..NET file system watcher, and send them by email to anywhere you want.

 

[Alain Tremblay]

I know how to do the xsl transformation to HTML with no problem in
..NET. What I want to do is to create the PDF file on the server
programatically. The only way to do this that I know of is to use
XSL-FO (formatting objects) to create the PDF. Does anyone know if
there is a converter from XSL (for HTML) to XSL-FO?

thanks in advance.

 

[JP]

Hey Alain:

I have the same problem...did you find a solution fo it?