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Machine generation of PDF files the easy way – part III

Posted on November 24, 2016 by DocDock

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

Posted on November 20, 2016 by DocDock

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

Posted on November 15, 2016 by DocDock

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

Posted on November 15, 2016 by DocDock

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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fun with XML – JAXB and arrays

Posted on October 25, 2016 by DocDock

In part I of my JAXB example I briefly described some of the annotations required to turn normal Java objects into XML files with JAXB. To expand on the xml examples from my previous post, I will be taking a number … Continue reading →

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fun with XML – a JAXB example

Posted on October 21, 2016 by DocDock

Full disclosure, I am not J2EE expert so my descriptions may be a bit off.  However, using JAXB is just to powerful to ignore.  The first part of this topic is pretty basic, while the second part is a bit … Continue reading →

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making more than jar files with Ant

Posted on October 16, 2016 by DocDock

In a previous post, making jar files with Ant,  I briefly covered the creation of a Ant script that would compile the Java source files and then create jar file from them. It was a really neat example of how with … Continue reading →

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compiling and making jar files with Ant

Posted on October 8, 2016 by DocDock

When I first saw Java I was surprised at exactly how embarrassingly simple it was to compile a program. Well, with the caveat that the file or files are all in the same directory. javac *.java When the number of … Continue reading →

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just making it – a 4x4x4 led cube

Posted on September 24, 2016 by DocDock

Some time back, I had a fair amount lot of free time and did watch things on you tube.  A friend of mine showed a number of cool LED cubes that were trending at that time. It seemed so cool … Continue reading →

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getting the most out of your computer – threading

Posted on September 19, 2016 by DocDock

Flashback to 2002 Technology is amazing.  Pretty much since personal computers were created the speed of their processors have been increasing at almost a linear rate of doubling in speed every two years.  This is awesome but it is also … Continue reading →

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