Software distributions

XMLmind XSL-FO Converter is available as three, stand-alone, software distributions. In principle, each distribution serves a different purpose and hence targets a different audience. However feel free to download all the three distributions if you want.

1. The XMLmind XSL-FO Converter engine.

   This distribution contains low-level command-line tools, some technical documentation, a class library (xfc.jar or xfc.dll). This distribution is available in a Java^TM version (xfc.jar) or in a .NET version (xfc.dll).

   This distribution targets the Java^TM or .NET developer and the system integrator.

2. XMLmind XSL Utility.

   This distribution contains XMLmind XSL Utility, a user-friendly, desktop application.
   Out of the box, it allows to convert DocBook 4 and 5 and XHTML documents to PDF, RTF (can be opened in Word 2000+), WordprocessingML (can be opened in Word 2003+), Office Open XML (.docx, can be opened in Word 2007+) and OpenOffice (.odt, can be opened in OpenOffice/LibreOffice 2+) formats.
   DITA 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 documents can be converted to even more formats: XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01, XHTML 5, Web Help, Java^TM Help, HTML Help, Eclipse Help, EPUB 2, EPUB 3, PDF, RTF, WordprocessingML, Office Open XML, OpenDocument.

   This distribution targets the end-user.

3. XMLmind XSL Server.

   This distribution contains XMLmind XSL Server, a powerful, production-quality, Servlet which leverages the XSL technology to allow converting XML documents to a variety of formats.

   This distribution targets the Web developer (JavaScript, Ajax, PHP, etc) and the system integrator.