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XSL:FO Transformation

ic_fo_obj   Hotkey: CTRL+F10

This command performs an XSL: FO Transformation of an XML document containing XSL Formatting Object markup. XSL Formatting Objects let you specify document layout: margins, text direction, pagination etc. of your XML documents.

XML Spy uses Apache Software Foundation's FOP tool to transform the FO file.

You can output the FO file:
·Directly onto screen using the built-in FOP viewer  
·or generate an output file enabling you to create a PDF file, a TXT file, an Area tree (XML), a MIF file, a PCL or PS (postscript) file.  

You can download the Apache FOP processor
using the Help | Components Download menu option.

The FOP batch file path needed to start the FOP processor can be edited in the XSL tab on the Tools | Options dialog.

This XSL:FO command generally operates on the currently active main window, but you can also right click any file, folder, or group of files in the active project window and select the XSL:FO Transformation command to transform and display or output the document.

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