xmlxsl-foapache-fopantenna-house

what is benefit of using Antennahouse over Apache FOP?


I would like to know the difference and additional features in Antennahouse over Apache FOP.


Solution

  • I have been evaluating all commercial engines for almost 1 year now out of which 6 months I spent working with FOP; the main differences that I see are:

    FOP:

    All commercial products have the following:

    Antenna House

    Ecrion

    RenderX

    If your reports are simple, you can give it a shot. But my personal opinion is: don't go with FOP if you have the money to spend on a commercial engine. I used to think that being open source is cool because I can change it myself - it is not that easy to change, and my opinion is that is also very risky because you don't know what functionality will be affected. The functionality is actually quite complex, and that is why is not being actively improved anymore.