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authorSimon Pepping <spepping@apache.org>2007-01-05 21:52:46 +0000
committerSimon Pepping <spepping@apache.org>2007-01-05 21:52:46 +0000
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Documenting FOP's entry point for user written scripts
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@@ -89,14 +89,12 @@
</section>
<section id="standalone-start">
<title>Starting FOP as a Standalone Application</title>
+ <section id="fop-script">
+ <title>Using the fop script or batch file</title>
<p>
The usual and recommended practice for starting FOP from the command line is to run the
batch file fop.bat (Windows) or the shell script fop (Unix/Linux).
- If you write your own scripts, be sure to review these standard scripts to make sure that
- you get your environment properly configured.
- </p>
- <p>
- The standard scripts for starting FOP require that the environment variable JAVA_HOME be
+ These scripts require that the environment variable JAVA_HOME be
set to a path pointing to the appropriate Java installation on your system. Macintosh OSX
includes a Java environment as part of its distribution. We are told by Mac OSX users that
the path to use in this case is <code>/Library/Java/Home</code>. <strong>Caveat:</strong>
@@ -105,11 +103,6 @@
<a href="http://developer.apple.com/java/faq">Java on Mac OSX FAQ</a> for information as
it becomes available.
</p>
- <p>
- As an alternative to the start scripts you can run "java -jar build/fop.jar" in which case
- FOP tries to build the classpath for running FOP dynamically. Please note, that this might
- not always work as expected.
- </p>
<source><![CDATA[
USAGE
Fop [options] [-fo|-xml] infile [-xsl file] [-awt|-pdf|-mif|-rtf|-tiff|-png|-pcl|-ps|-txt|-at|-print] <outfile>
@@ -172,6 +165,24 @@ Fop [options] [-fo|-xml] infile [-xsl file] [-awt|-pdf|-mif|-rtf|-tiff|-png|-pcl
<strong>and</strong> if compatible encryption support is availabe at run time.
Currently, only the JCE is supported. Check the <a href="pdfencryption.html">Details</a>.
</p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="your-own-script">
+ <title>Writing your own script</title>
+ <p>FOP's entry point for your own scripts is the class
+<code>org.apache.fop.cli.Main</code>. The general pattern for the
+ command line is: <code>java -classpath &lt;CLASSPATH>
+ org.apache.fop.cli.Main &lt;arguments></code>. The arguments
+ consist of the options and infile and outfile specifications
+ as shown above for the standard scripts. You may wish to review
+ the standard scripts to make sure that
+ you get your environment properly configured.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ As an alternative to the start scripts you can run "java -jar build/fop.jar" in which case
+ FOP tries to build the classpath for running FOP dynamically. Please note, that this might
+ not always work as expected.
+ </p>
+ </section>
</section>
<section id="check-input">
<title>Using Xalan to Check XSL-FO Input</title>