Re: [docbook] including external .swf in a .pdf?

[moving this over to docbook-apps where such topics are discussed]

Hi,
According to the FOP documentation, SWF is not a graphics file format that 
it supports, even in the most recent version.

I was not aware that the PDF spec itself supported SWF graphics.  Neither 
Antenna House nor XEP support it.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Ettinger" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:56 PM
Subject: [docbook] including external .swf in a .pdf?


> Here is my bash script (from the free xslt book):
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
> fo='/usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/xsl/nwalsh/fo/docbook.xsl';
>
> #generate .fo file
> xsltproc --xinclude --xincludestyle --output ~/myfile.fo --stringparam
> use.extensions 1 $fo ~/myfile.xml
>
> #generate .pdf from .fo file
> /usr/bin/fop -fo ~/myfile.fo -pdf ~/myfile.pdf
>
>
> xml:
> <imagedata fileref="/static/flash/charts.swf" format="SWF" />
>
>
> [ERROR] Could not load external SVG: Content is not allowed in prolog.
> [ERROR] Error while creating area : No ImageReader for this type of
> image (file:/static/flash/charts.swf?)
>
> Any idea around this? I'm using fop 20.0 and docbook 4.4 (debian stable)
>
> -- 
> Anthony Ettinger
> 408-656-2473
> http://anthony.ettinger.name
>
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