XF Designer - Visual XSL-FO Editor and Layout Designer for XML data
XF Designer is a user-friendly, easy to learn editor that handles with ease all the complex parameters required for professional publishing.
Featuring an intuitive Word-like interface, XF Designer can be used by both software developers and business users to create and modify graphical layout templates for the purpose of presenting any data in a variety of output formats including PDF, TIFF, XPS, Silverlight and more.
The designer uses XSL-FO - an open standard for printable documents defined by W3C, the same organization that maintains the HTML standard. Because the XSL-FO standard is an open standard, the maxiumum interoperability between XF Designer and other XSL-FO compliant software components is ensured.
XF Designer is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment. Documents are visualized in a paginated mode and you can simply drag & drop fields and other dynamic content from the data source tree. You can use XML files as data sources, or, by integrating with Ecrion Data Architect, anything else, including databases, web services and more.
Easy to learn and use · Cost and time saving solution · Simple drag & drop interface.
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Features At a Glance
- Create feature rich document templates in minutes not days, in a full WYSIWYG editing environment.
- Add dynamic data from XML using simple drag&drop operations.
- Use a rich set of visual graphics including Images, Barcodes, Charts, Maps, Rich Media and more.
- XF Designer can create fill-able PDF forms.
- Supports creation of templates in multiple languages without re-editing the layouts.
- Integrates with Ecrion Data Architect to display data from XML, Databases, Web Services and more.
- Supports basic and complex pagination features, from duplex printing to different page layouts for first, even, odd, last and blank pages.
- For advanced users, full support for intelligent XSLT editing is provided (auto-fill, auto-complete, etc.).
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Use Any Data Source
XF Designer integrates with Ecrion Data Architect to display data from any data source including XML files, databases, web services and more. With easy to use visual diagrams, all users with business knowledge can now contribute to the most vital aspect of every report: the data behind it.
Why Use It?
Business Users
- XF Designer looks and works like a conventional word processor, yet gives you much more flexibility to alter or reuse content while keeping its integrity intact.
- It features a Word like interface that hides most of the complexity from a business user that wants to make small changes, or add and remove fields.
- The interface is WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). Users can change many of an object's properties with just a mouse click. The changed property is reflected immediately in the document.
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Software Developers
- XF Designer can help you design templates that will apply visual styles and page layouts to any XML data.
- The templates are based on public standards such as XSL, XSL-FO, SVG and XPATH. This means that you are not getting locked in a proprietary solution and you can at a later time reuse your templates with other XML formatting solutions.
- Using the designer can cut the development time in half and has a fast learning curve. Any developer familiar with a Word-like interface can start making changes to a template in a very short time.
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