Input Formats

RealObjects PDFreactor enables multi-channel publishing using just the W3C standards HTML and CSS – technologies you are already familiar with from web development. You do not have to deal with the complexities of additional languages, like XSL-FO, to achieve professional looking print output. For more information about the differences between the styling-based processing model of CSS and the transformation-based processing model of XSL-FO, please review the section CSS vs. XSL.

PDFreactor can handle various image formats such as PNG, JPEG and GIF. TIFF images, including those utilizing the CMYK color space, are also supported. Images are embedded “as is” without any loss in quality.

PDFreactor supports SVG business graphics, both embedded and external. See also the SVG sample document.

PDFreactor supports the automatic generation of various barcodes, including EAN-8, UPC-E and DataMatrix, as well as QR codes. See the barcode sample document for a complete list of supported barcode types.

PDFreactor supports MathML for displaying mathematical equations, see the MathML sample document.

You can embed multimedia objects such as videos and Flash, which may even be interactive.

PDFreactor allows you to style the most common document layouts by using only CSS. You do not have to master the complexities of XSL-FO syntax and programming. However, PDFreator comes with built-in support for XSLT processing that offers further flexibility and interoperability for those who need to include a XSLT style sheet for preprocessing. For example, a XSLT style sheet would be necessary to calculate the total from values of a XML-based invoice. For more information about XSLT support please see the section “How it works”.

Unlike many other formatters PDFreactor can print almost any XML document. Authors and publishers are able to typeset and print documents written in HTML or one of the many XML-based document formats.