Release of XMLmind XSL-FO Converter v6.5.0

Release of XMLmind XSL-FO Converter v6.5.0

XMLmind XSL-FO Converter Evaluation Edition v6.5.0 can be downloaded from https://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/downloadeval.shtml. Professional Edition users, please upgrade using this form: https://www.xmlmind.com/store/download.php.

Enhancements:

• XMLmind XSL-FO Converter engine: Java™ Edition only, SVG and MathML not supported by .NET Edition.
  • DOCX output format: new option docx.keepSVG, which is true by default, instructs the engine to keep both input SVG graphics (found in either in fo:external-graphic or in fo:instream-foreign-object) and their conversions to PNG in the DOCX output file.

    Recent versions of MS-Word, which support SVG, will display the SVG graphics found in the DOCX output file rather than their conversions to PNG. Older versions of MS-Word will simply ignore the SVG graphics found in the DOCX output file and will display their conversions to PNG.

  • ODT ouput format: By default, input MathML elements (found in either in fo:external-graphic or in fo:instream-foreign-object) are now converted to SVG rather than PNG.

    If you want to prevent this to happen, please specify option alwaysSaveAsPNG=true (convert both JPEG and SVG to PNG) or alwaysSaveAsPNG=svg (convert SVG only, not JPEG, to PNG).

• XMLmind XSL Utility and XMLmind XSL Server: upgraded the following software components:
  • Updated FlatLaf to version 3.5.2. (On Linux, the FlatLaf light theme is used as the default Look & Feel of XMLmind XSL Utility.)
  • Upgraded Saxon to version 12.5.
  • Upgraded XMLResolver to version 5.2.5.
  • Upgraded the Apache Batik plug-in to version 1.18.
  • Upgraded the Apache FOP plug-in to version 2.10.
  • Upgraded XMLmind Assembly Processor to version 2.0.1.
  • Upgraded XMLmind Web Help Compiler (whc for short) to version 3.6.0.
  • Upgraded XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac for short) to version 3.16.1.
• All programs which are part of XMLmind XSL-FO Converter are now officially supported
  • on Java™ 23 platforms,
  • on macOS Sequoia (version 15) running on Intel® or Apple® Silicon processors.

What is XMLmind XSL-FO Converter?

XMLmind XSL-FO Converter is an XSL-FO processor similar to Apache FOP, RenderX XEP or Antenna House XSL Formatter, except that it generates RTF, WML, ODT and DOCX file formats rather than PDF.

XMLmind XSL-FO Converter is available as a Java™ software component, a .NET software component, a desktop application and a server-side application (Java Servlet).

The desktop application called XMLmind XSL Utility makes it easy converting DITA, DocBook, XHTML and XSL-FO documents to a variety of formats (PDF, RTF, WML, ODT, DOCX, HTML, EPUB, Web Help, etc).

XMLmind XSL Utility also makes it easy customizing the deliverables it generates (PDF, DOCX, EPUB, Web Help, etc) and this, without modifying configuration files by hand and without prior knowledge of XSLT. See https://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslutil.ConversionEditor.html#customizing_xslt

Home page: https://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/