How do I generate RTF from Java?

java xml xslt rtf
Ingvald picture Ingvald · Jan 8, 2009 · Viewed 22.2k times · Source

I work on a web-based tool where we offer customized prints.

Currently we build an XML structure with Java, feed it to the XMLmind XSL-FO Converter along with customized XSL-FO, which then produces an RTF document.

This works fine on simple layouts, but there's some problem areas where I'd like greater control, or where I can't do what I want at all. F.ex: tables in header, footers (e.g., page numbers), columns, having a separate column setup or different page number info on the first page, etc.

Do any of you know of better alternatives, either to XMLmind or to the way we get from data to RTF, i.e., Java-> XML, XML+XSL-> RTF? (The only practical limitation for us is the JVM.)

Answer

Christian Ullenboom picture Christian Ullenboom · Jul 10, 2010

You can take a look at a new library called jRTF. It allows you to create new RTF documents and to fill RTF templates.

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