What are XSLT and XSL-FO?
In order to grant customers complete, easy and simple access to their products and eventually seize the chance to make use of the publicity potential of a beautifully designed document including images, most suppliers and vendors present their range of products in the form of a printed document. Or think of the vast number of forms that you encounter every day, and the speed in which these are modified and adapted to changed requirements. Even in the age of electronic commerce, printed documents still have their place. But how do you bring voluminous digital product data into the shape of a printed document without external help? XSLfast helps you combine layout and content easily and quickly, to produce PDF or print documents as your result.
XSLfast creates documents by assigning contents of an XML file to placeholders on the sheet and by using formatting styles to give the document a professional look. It allows you to generate a multipage document by only creating one single page with elements and then bringing content and form together. To achieve an acceptable result you must keep in mind that XML and XSL have certain rules that must be followed, e.g. the navigation up and down the XML tree structure. There is a lot of literature on XML and XSL on the market, and in this manual we try to introduce you to the basic skills and knowledge to enable you to work with XSLfast without having to be a software developer.