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Re: SVG vs VML
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] SVG vs VML
- From: Francis Norton <francis at redrice dot com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 10:27:36 +0100
- References: <DIEBINDFHPIDBOHGPJJJEEHPCLAA.maxdunn@siliconpublishing.com>
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Max Dunn wrote:
>
> Let me know if you ever master the XSLT/SVG bit, though, I'm VERY curious
> about this subject. I have so far found it faster for charts to simply spit
> out data from a database and with the JSP, ASP, or Javascript put variables
> from a database into the SVG or do things conditionally with the SVG based
> on these variables. Not elegant but it's fast, I think viewers are still
> working on their DOM implementations, too. Over time though, I believe
> XSLT/SVG will become the norm.
>
We use XML -> SVG -> PDF for creating retail financial statements on the
fly. It works very well.
> SVG is a true success story of XML.
>
Well, it's only a Candidate Recommendation so far. But yes, I'm
convinced it's going to fly.
Francis.
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