What Is the "fop" command in fop-1.1-bin.zip? Can I use it to generate PDF files?

"fop" command is the command line tool that allows you to run FOP 1.1 as a standalone application. It reads a XSL-FO file and generates a PDF file by default.

"fop" command requires that the environment variable JAVA_HOME be set to a path pointing to the appropriate Java installation on your system. See the session below on how to use the "fop" command:

\fyicenter>cd \local\fop-1.1

\local\fop-1.1>echo %java_home%
   \Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45\

\local\fop-1.1>fop

FOP Version 1.1

USAGE
fop [options] [-fo|-xml] infile [-xsl file] [-awt|-pdf|-mif|-rtf|-tiff
|-png|-pcl|-ps|-txt|-at [mime]|-print] <outfile>

[OPTIONS]
  -version          print FOP version and exit
  -d                debug mode
  -x                dump configuration settings
  -q                quiet mode
  -c cfg.xml        use additional configuration file cfg.xml
  -l lang           the language to use for user information
  -nocs             disable complex script features
  -r                relaxed/less strict validation (where available)
  -dpi xxx          target resolution in dots per inch (dpi) where xxx 
                    is a number
  -s                for area tree XML, down to block areas only
  -v                run in verbose mode (currently simply print FOP 
                    version and continue)
  -o [password]     PDF file will be encrypted with option owner password
  -u [password]     PDF file will be encrypted with option user password
  -noprint          PDF file will be encrypted without printing permission
  -nocopy           PDF file will be encrypted without copy content 
                    permission
  -noedit           PDF file will be encrypted without edit content 
                    permission
  -noannotations    PDF file will be encrypted without edit annotation 
                    permission
  -nofillinforms    PDF file will be encrypted without fill in interactive 
                    form fields permission
  -noaccesscontent  PDF file will be encrypted without extract text and 
                    graphics permission
  -noassembledoc    PDF file will be encrypted without assemble the 
                    document permission
  -noprinthq        PDF file will be encrypted without print high quality 
                    permission
  -a                enables accessibility features (Tagged PDF etc., 
                    default off)
  -pdfprofile prof  PDF file will be generated with the specified profile
                    (Examples for prof: PDF/A-1b or PDF/X-3:2003)
  -conserve         enable memory-conservation policy (trades memory-
                    consumption for disk I/O)
                    (Note: currently only influences whether the area 
                    tree is serialized.)
  -cache            specifies a file/directory path location for the font 
                    cache file
  -flush            flushes the current font cache file

[INPUT]
  infile            xsl:fo input file (the same as the next)
                    (use '-' for infile to pipe input from stdin)
  -fo  infile       xsl:fo input file
  -xml infile       xml input file, must be used together with -xsl
  -atin infile      area tree input file
  -ifin infile      intermediate format input file
  -imagein infile   image input file (piping through stdin not supported)
  -xsl stylesheet   xslt stylesheet
  -param name value <value> to use for parameter <name> in xslt stylesheet
                    (repeat '-param name value' for each parameter)
  -catalog          use catalog resolver for input XML and XSLT files

[OUTPUT]
  outfile           input will be rendered as PDF into outfile
                    (use '-' for outfile to pipe output to stdout)
  -pdf outfile      input will be rendered as PDF (outfile req'd)
  -pdfa1b outfile   input will be rendered as PDF/A-1b compliant PDF
                    (outfile req'd, same as "-pdf outfile -pdfprofile 
                    PDF/A-1b")
  -awt              input will be displayed on screen
  -rtf outfile      input will be rendered as RTF (outfile req'd)
  -pcl outfile      input will be rendered as PCL (outfile req'd)
  -ps outfile       input will be rendered as PostScript (outfile req'd)
  -afp outfile      input will be rendered as AFP (outfile req'd)
  -tiff outfile     input will be rendered as TIFF (outfile req'd)
  -png outfile      input will be rendered as PNG (outfile req'd)
  -txt outfile      input will be rendered as plain text (outfile req'd)
  -at [mime] out    representation of area tree as XML (outfile req'd)
                    specify optional mime output to allow the AT to be 
                    converted to final format later
  -if [mime] out    representation of document in intermediate format 
                    XML (outfile req'd)
                    specify optional mime output to allow the IF to be 
                    converted to final format later
  -print            input file will be rendered and sent to the printer
                    see options with "-print help"
  -out mime outfile input will be rendered using the given MIME type
                    (outfile req'd) Example: "-out application/pdf 
                    D:\out.pdf"
                    (Tip: "-out list" prints the list of supported MIME 
                    types and exits)
  -svg outfile      input will be rendered as an SVG slides file (outfile 
                    req'd). Experimental feature - requires additional 
                    fop-sandbox.jar.
  -foout outfile    input will only be XSL transformed. The intermediate
                    XSL-FO file is saved and no rendering is performed.
                    (Only available if you use -xml and -xsl parameters)

[Examples]
  fop foo.fo foo.pdf
  fop -fo foo.fo -pdf foo.pdf (does the same as the previous line)
  fop -xml foo.xml -xsl foo.xsl -pdf foo.pdf
  fop -xml foo.xml -xsl foo.xsl -foout foo.fo
  fop -xml - -xsl foo.xsl -pdf -
  fop foo.fo -mif foo.mif
  fop foo.fo -rtf foo.rtf
  fop foo.fo -print
  fop foo.fo -awt

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