I’ve been trying to transform my XML documents to PDF through Apache FOP,
but the output pdf is blank.
Any help to why this is occuring is greatly appreciated.
The code seems to be executed without errors:
C:\Users\dfh\Desktop\fop-0.20.5>fop -xml DICENTIA_SDC_SN_1_224860.xml -xsl testx
sl.xsl -pdf test2.pdf
[INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[INFO] FOP 0.20.5
[INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[INFO] building formatting object tree
[INFO] setting up fonts
[INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
XSL file (testxsl):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<xsl:template match="/">
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="simple" page-height="29.7cm" page-width="21cm" margin-top="1cm" margin-bottom="2cm" margin-left="2.5cm" margin-right="2.5cm">
<fo:region-body margin-top="3cm" />
<fo:region-before extent="3cm" />
<fo:region-after extent="1.5cm" />
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="simple">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<xsl:apply-templates select="SDC_SN_1/General" />
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="SDC_SN_1/General">
<fo:block>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Document_No" />
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="SDC_SN_1/General/Document_No">
<fo:block font-size="12pt" font-family="sans-serif" line-height="15pt" space-after.optimum="3pt" text-align="justify">
<xsl:value-of select="SDC_SN_1/General/Document_No" />
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The XML-file:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../xsl/SN_1.xsl" ?>
<SDC_SN_1>
<General>
<Our_Mail_Address></Our_Mail_Address>
<Document_Number>850</Document_Number>
<Sell_to_Customer Number="815">
<Name></Name>
<Additional_Name_Info></Additional_Name_Info>
<Address></Address>
<Additional_Address_Info></Additional_Address_Info>
<City>Valby</City>
<Contact_Person></Contact_Person>
<Post_Code>2500</Post_Code>
<County></County>
<Country_Code>Danmark</Country_Code>
</Sell_to_Customer>
<Requisition>DOWNTOWN</Requisition>
<Your_Reference>kristina</Your_Reference>
<Our_Reference></Our_Reference>
<Order_Date></Order_Date>
<Document_Creation_Date>30/07-2010</Document_Creation_Date>
<Salesperson>INT</Salesperson>
<Order_Number></Order_Number>
<Job_Number></Job_Number>
<VAT_Registration_Number></VAT_Registration_Number>
<INTRASTAT_Transaction_Type></INTRASTAT_Transaction_Type>
<INTRASTAT_Transport_Method></INTRASTAT_Transport_Method>
<Exit_Point></Exit_Point>
<External_Document_Number></External_Document_Number>
<Posting_Date></Posting_Date>
<EU_Third_Party_Trade></EU_Third_Party_Trade>
<Customer_Order_Number></Customer_Order_Number>
<Customer_Order_Number2></Customer_Order_Number2>
</General>
<Invoicing>
<Bill_to_Customer Number="">
<Name></Name>
<Additional_Name_Info></Additional_Name_Info>
<Address></Address>
<Additional_Address_Info></Additional_Address_Info>
<City>Valby</City>
<Contact_Person></Contact_Person>
<Post_Code>2500</Post_Code>
<County></County>
<Country_Code>Danmark</Country_Code>
</Bill_to_Customer>
<Department></Department>
<Project></Project>
</Invoicing>
<Shipping>
<Ship_to_Customer>
<Code></Code>
<Name></Name>
<Additional_Name_Info></Additional_Name_Info>
<Address></Address>
<Additional_Address_Info></Additional_Address_Info>
<City>Haslev</City>
<Contact_Person></Contact_Person>
<Post_Code>4690</Post_Code>
<County></County>
<Country_Code>Danmark</Country_Code>
</Ship_to_Customer>
<Shipment_Date>30/07-2010</Shipment_Date>
<Shipment_Date_Receive>02/08-2010</Shipment_Date_Receive>
<Shipment_Time_Receive></Shipment_Time_Receive>
<Shipment_Method></Shipment_Method>
<Shipment_Condition>Freight, Carriage paid to</Shipment_Condition>
<Location_in_Inventory></Location_in_Inventory>
<Shipping_Agent></Shipping_Agent>
<Package_Tracking_Number></Package_Tracking_Number>
<Currency></Currency>
<Shipment_From_Time></Shipment_From_Time>
<Shipment_To_Time></Shipment_To_Time>
<Shipment_Colli></Shipment_Colli>
<Shipment_Net_Weight></Shipment_Net_Weight>
<Shipment_Gross_Weight></Shipment_Gross_Weight>
</Shipping>
<Company_Info>
<Company_Name></Company_Name>
<Company_Additional_Name_Info></Company_Additional_Name_Info>
<Company_Address></Company_Address>
<Company_Address_Additional_Address_Info></Company_Address_Additional_Address_Info>
<Company_City></Company_City>
<Company_Phone_Number></Company_Phone_Number>
<Company_Additional_Phone_Number></Company_Additional_Phone_Number>
<Company_Telex_Number></Company_Telex_Number>
<Company_Fax_Number></Company_Fax_Number>
<Company_Giro_Number></Company_Giro_Number>
<Company_Bank_Name></Company_Bank_Name>
<Company_Bank_Branch_Number></Company_Bank_Branch_Number>
<Company_Bank_Account_Number></Company_Bank_Account_Number>
<Company_Payment_Routing_Number></Company_Payment_Routing_Number>
<Company_VAT_Registration_Number></Company_VAT_Registration_Number>
<Company_Registration_Number></Company_Registration_Number>
<Company_Location_in_Inventory></Company_Location_in_Inventory>
<Company_Post_Code></Company_Post_Code>
<Company_County></Company_County>
<Company_E_Mail></Company_E_Mail>
<Company_Home_Page></Company_Home_Page>
</Company_Info>
<Line Line_Type="item">
<Number></Number>
<Catalog_Number></Catalog_Number>
<Location_in_Inventory></Location_in_Inventory>
<Shipment_Date></Shipment_Date>
<Description></Description>
<Additional_Description></Additional_Description>
<Unit_of_Measure></Unit_of_Measure>
<Ordered></Ordered>
<Quantity></Quantity>
<Back></Back>
<Item_Gross_Weight></Item_Gross_Weight>
<Item_Net_Weight></Item_Net_Weight>
<Units_per_Parcel></Units_per_Parcel>
<Unit_Volume></Unit_Volume>
<Department></Department>
<Project></Project>
<Job_Number></Job_Number>
<Item_Serial_Number></Item_Serial_Number>
<Order_Number></Order_Number>
<Order_Line_Number></Order_Line_Number>
<INTRASTAT_Transaction_Type></INTRASTAT_Transaction_Type>
<INTRASTAT_Transport_Method></INTRASTAT_Transport_Method>
<Exit_Point></Exit_Point>
<INTRASTAT_Area></INTRASTAT_Area>
<Lot_Number></Lot_Number>
<Item_Variant></Item_Variant>
<Bin_Code></Bin_Code>
<Unit_of_Measure_Code></Unit_of_Measure_Code>
<Common_Item_Number></Common_Item_Number>
<Customer_Item_Number></Customer_Item_Number>
<Line_Note>
<Note_Line></Note_Line>
</Line_Note>
</Line>
</SDC_SN_1>
The main reason you’re still getting a blank PDF is because your other templates are never getting applied. I made a couple of changes to your stylesheet (such as adding an identity transform, changing the
select‘s, removing an unnecessary template and fixing the spelling ofDocument_Number) and I’m getting output on the PDF.Modified version of your XSL:
I also wrote a quick stylesheet that creates the “General” section and part of the “Shipping” section (based on your HTML output that was originally in the question). It uses a slightly different approach though.
My XSL:
Let me know if you need any other help with your stylesheet or if you have questions about mine.