Hi to the forum,

We currently use xsl fo for styling our xml.
Our application takes user submitted content and adds it to our
database where we then extract this content and transform it into an
xml tree. This is then forwarded to our .xsl file and then produces
the PDF.
We would like to allow our application to accept html tags using a
wysiwyg module above the textarea where the client can then format
their descriptions with various tags i.e. <b>, <i>, <ul> etc. This
works ok when the user is forwarded to the next JSP page all
formatting is saved to the database and displayed correctly, further
calls to display this page gets the information from the database and
again displays all information. The problem is when we request this
view in the PDF format XSL can't handle the html tags. Is there a way
that I can make the request to the database during, after or before
we process our XML tree and swap out the html tags with xsl? And
would this work?

Sorry if this is a little brief I have just inherited the project and
only starting to make some ground on the understanding. And I am a
total newbie to this :(

With thanks and kindest regards,

-Gs