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XSL Formatter Web Service Interface
Web Service Interface V2.2 is an option for Antenna House XSL Formatter Server Licenses to further support the use of XSL Formatter via the Internet using SOAP/HTTP.
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Web Service Interface V2.2 lets a client computer send via SOAP an XML file and a stylesheet to an Antenna House XSL Formatter Server License and receive back a PDF document; simply and without the need to undertake an expensive and complicated development effort. Web Service Interface V2.2 newly equips Folder Monitoring Service that will allow you to obtain the conversion result only by throwing a target file into the specified folder and will notify you when the conversion finishes.
By installing the Web Service Interface V2.2 on the server running XSL Formatter all server side development work is already completed for you.
By installing the code provided by Antenna House on the client side a lot of the work is already done for you. All you need to do is take the code provided by Antenna House and make it part of your client application. The client code provided with the Web Service Interface builds the command that sends XML data and an XSL stylesheet to the server where the Server License of Antenna House XSL Formatter is installed and all processing takes place.
On the server side the command first transforms the xml data into XSL-FO using an XSLT processor on the server. Then it starts XSL Formatter and finally returns the PDF to the client machine. To create PDF from XML you don't need XSL Formatter installed at the client machine.
Because the command to send is based on the standard JavaScript (ECMAScript) developers don't need to acquire a new set of knowledge to work with the Web Service Interface V2.2 on the client side.
The SOAP/HTTP protocol is used for the transfer of messages between the server and the client.
By using Folder Monitoring Service on the client side, XSL Formatter V4.3 can be used more easily. That is, the conversion result can be obtained only by throwing a target file into the specified folder.
Web Service Interface V2.2 is an option of XSL Formatter V4.3. The Server License of XSL Formatter V4.3 is necessary to purchase.
Folder Monitoring Service is a Windows service on the client side that detects the documents copied to the specified folder automatically and outputs the conversion result to the specified folder using Web Service Interface V2.2.
Once the folder monitoring service starts, a series of following processing is performed repeatedly at a regular interval.
In order to use Folder Monitoring Service, the target files being converted should be ZIP archived and put in the target folder as one file. Folder Monitoring Service finds and processes a file automatically, and puts the conversion result on the output folder.
The following files can be included in the archive for conversion.
Folder Monitoring Service will notify you whether the conversion was normally completed via e-mail or pop up if you desire.
Currently the Web Service Interface V2.1 is offered only for Windows and runs on Windows 2000/XP/ Vista/Server2003.
☞Download Web Service Interface V2.2
The evaluation version of the Web Service Interface V2.2 has the following restrictions:
When XSL Formatter is an evaluation version, Web Service Interface V2.2 will also operate as an evaluation version.
| Type of license | Price |
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| Web Service Interface V2.2 | $3,000 |
The XSL Formatter Web Service Interface Option can be purchased directly from Antenna House or through one of our Resellers. For more information see Purchasing Assistance.
Support for the Web Service Interface is provided during the 90 day warranty provided with Antenna House XSL Formatter and then as part of the Annual Maintenance Contract for the XSL Formatter License it is being used with.