Monthly Archives: November 2016

Machine generation of PDF files the easy way – part IV

This fourth example will extend upon my previous XSL-FO script to convert the list from a table with a few boxes into more of a polished form. The final result will generate a form and will look like this. You … Continue reading

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Machine generation of PDF files the easy way – part III

This third example will extend upon my XSL-FO script to convert the list into more of a table. The result will generate a form and will look like this. What I find to be really well done in XSL-FO and … Continue reading

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Machine generation of PDF files the easy way – part II

In my previous article, I went through the basics of what tools would be necessary to use Apache FOP to create PDF files. In this second example will extend upon my XSL-FO script to add a header and footer to … Continue reading

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Machine generation of PDF files the easy way – part I

The tools In order to reproduce this work you will need to download Apache FOP and have a recent version of Java on your computer. https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/download.html Page layout There are a number of books that spend hundreds of pages to … Continue reading

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Machine generation of PDF files the easy way

In the beginning, personal computers were not quite so friendly and not all users really enjoyed working with them in that pre-windowed state. In that sense, windows from Microsoft was really an advancement as it provided a easy to use … Continue reading

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safe(r) and private browsing using more cpu cycles

“You are never going to amount to a thing” Whoever said that was apparently under-estimating just how valuable that companies in general and the internet in particular find you. The web companies want to know what you have been up … Continue reading

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