Info-Profits Talk - HTML Tags Supported By This Script

Louis

A detailed description of these tags is not given here as they are standard HTML tags. For a good reference on HTML syntax please visit:

http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/olist.html

How this script works is it takes XML and converts it into PDF.

This means that the HTML code (HTML is a subset of XML) must be 100% clean. ALL tags must be closed - including tags that normally don't need to be closed like the tag. With this script you must in this example use 

Here are the tags this script currently supports:

<HTML> </HTML>

<HEAD> </HEAD>

<TITLE> </TITLE>

<BODY> </BODY>

 

<DIV> </DIV>

<IMG> </IMG>

(Only JPEG & PNG files are supported, and they must be in the same folder as the HTML file.)

 

(Font colours MUST be specified in their hexadecimal values.)

<A> </A>

<NEWPAGE> </NEWPAGE>

 

 

 

<HR> </HR>

<BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE>

<UL> </UL>

<OL> </OL>

<LI> </LI>

This script is not able to convert HTML tables into PDF.

If you would like tables in your document, please create it in an editor like Word or FrontPage, take a screen shot of it, turn it into a graphic and insert it into your HTML source document.

If you're not sure how to do this, post here to let us know and we'll create a tutorial.

A link helpful in verifying XML code is the following:

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/tools/ruwf/check.html

George Chapin

Louis, thanks for the info on this. Are you using word or another html/wysiwyg editor in your testing?

Louis

Originally posted by George Chapin
Louis, thanks for the info on this. Are you using word or another html/wysiwyg editor in your testing?

Hello George

The sample document was created in a text editor.

I am in the process of looking into WYSIWYG XML editors and HTML to XML converters at download.com (http://www.download.com) to see if I can find something that makes working with this script quicker and easier.

Sincerely,
Louis

Kennon

I missed these threads! Glad I found it now...

Louis,

Thanks for the info here. I can tell one problem I might have is
dealing with the BR tags... I know on different pages I've
developed, I would do those without the corresponding ending
tags. Not a big deal really, though.

Thanks and I'm going to work with this very soon, almost right
away!

Kennon :)

Neil Day

Hi Louis

I have just been over to webattack.com and found a few freeware XML editors. I don't know if these will prove to be of help but the link is Freeware XML Editors (http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/webpublish/fwxml.html)

Cheers

Neil
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Louis

Originally posted by Neil Day
Hi Louis

I have just been over to webattack.com and found a few freeware XML editors. I don't know if these will prove to be of help but the link is Freeware XML Editors (http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/webpublish/fwxml.html)

Cheers

Neil

Hi Neil

Thanks for this - that's really helpful. I'll take a good look.

Sincerely,
Louis

dave109109

Here is a tip you might find useful:

I am using microsoft front page, and if you use the increase indent command, that seems to create the command:

<blockquote> and </blockquote>

You can write as usual when inside that command, and you wont have to use the and commands.

I know now what you mean by those disappearing on you when switching to normal, preview and back to html mode. Microsoft seems to think the is unecessary and gets rid of them automaticlly.

Hope this helps,
Dave

Kennon

Louis,

What's the verdict? I haven't checked any of these that Neil
mentioned. Have you got something that you like better than
others?

How about you, Neil?

I still need lots of help using this thing!

Thanks,
Kennon :)

Kennon

Louis,

Please update us as soon as you can on this...I'm eager to
accelerate my use of the product!

How do you PRESENTLY go about creating a PDF using the script,
Louis? Can you share step-by-step?

Thanks,
Kennon :)
...looking for more efficiency.

Louis

Originally posted by Kennon
Louis,

Please update us as soon as you can on this...I'm eager to
accelerate my use of the product!

How do you PRESENTLY go about creating a PDF using the script,
Louis? Can you share step-by-step?

Thanks,
Kennon :)
...looking for more efficiency.

Hello Kennon

To date - the only way I know of is to create all the source by hand.

You can take existing text, put it into a text editor then put your XML around it. It does take a while though.

I'm going to spend some time looking at the XML editors on the market. As soon as a find a free/cheap one that is easy to use and works well with this script, I'll post it here.

Sincerely,
Louis

Kennon

Louis,

Have you been checking any of the ones over at
http://www.download.com ?

Kennon :)