************************************************************************* Please read before you use. "Antenna House XSL Report Designer V2.5" Japanese: English: E-mail: ************************************************************************* About this software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XSL Report Designer consists of two software components: A GUI Designer for creating and designing XML forms and a Runtime Engine that is used to produce XSL-FO by taking the layout created with the GUI XSL Report Designer and using it to process XML files. The XSL-FO is then formatted with Antenna House XSL Formatter V4.0 or later. Attention ~~~~~~~~~ Please use this software in accordance with the following conditions: 1. There is a product version and an evaluation version of this software. Use of the evaluation version is permitted for the investigation and learning of XSL-FO and the evaluation of this software. Use of the evaluation version for actual business applications is prohibited. When used for purposes other than the evaluation the software must be purchased. The product version and a valid license to then use the software commercially will then be provide. For details, please refer to our Web site. The evaluation version has the following restriction: 1. You can not use this software longer than 30 days from the installed date. 2. If you are going to install this software on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, please login as a member of administrators. You cannot install on these Windows without administration rights. *Runtime Engine is installed in the lib folder under the installation folder. Moreover, shell script (rxe.sh) and batch file (rxe.bat) are installed in the bin folder under the installation folder. Please copy them into the folder you would like to use properly if it is necessary. 3. Antenna House XSL Formatter V4.0 or later is necessary for previewing, printing and creating PDF output with this software. 4. This software uses Java when producing XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) from the XML document and the layout definition file. It is necessary to install Jave SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition) 1.5.0 or later, or JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.5.0 or later. Please download and install Jave SE or JRE suitable from the following URL to user's environment. Because JRE is included in J2SE, it is enough if either of them is installed. Jave SE(Java Platform, Standard Edition) http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ URL might be changed. Please trace the link from the following URL when the above URL is invalid. http://java.sun.com/ 5. This software runs on the following environments: GUI Designer: Windows XP SP3 or later, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows 7 Display: High color(16-bit color) or higher Memory: 512MB or higher Runtime Engine: Jave SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition) 1.5.0 or later, JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.5.0 or later Memory: 512MB or higher Although the generation of XSL-FO can be executed if there is a Java environment, Antenna House XSL Formatter V4.0 or later is necessary for the screen display (preview), the print, and the PDF output. Please refer to our Web site for the system requirements of Antenna House XSL Formatter. Our "XSL Formatter Barcode Option" is required to print barcodes. "XSL Formatter Barcode Option" is available only for the Windows version. To guarantee correct printing from a Server you must have the same font installed on the server that was used for designing the form. If the same font does not exist on the server gaps may be caused in the printed result. 6. The screen image etc. in the Online Manual might be different from the actual screen image of the product. Additional Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please see "Online Manual" for the functions, operations, and usage of this software. Support ~~~~~~~ For the product version, maintenance support is available free of charge for 90 days from the purchase date. Afterwards, an annual maintenance contract is available at a charge of 15% of the price of the product. Please inquire to us (info@antennahouse.com) for the details. Maintenance support is not provided for the evaluation version. Technical support is provided through the web page of "XSL Report Designer Q&A" as a general rule. For more information about this software, please send an e-mail to the following address. * Technical inquiry, trouble report; e-mail: designer@antennahouse.com * Other comments and for information about purchasing, pricing, licensing and contracts; e-mail: info@antennahouse.com The attachment of sample data would be appreciated when reporting problems with XSL Report Designer. We might not be able to answer all mail, but we will try. License Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "XSL Report Designer" is a product of Antenna House, Inc. Newest information about our product is found on the Antenna House Web sites. * Japanese * English Revision ~~~~~~~~ Jan. 26, 2012 - V2.5 MR4 Corrected an issue where an error would occur while previewing the document when 32bit AH Formatter/XSL Formatter were installed on Windows 64bit. Oct. 17, 2011 - V2.5 MR3 1) Corresponds to AH Formatter V6. Dec. 24, 2009 - V2.5 MR2 The following issues have been corrected: 1) When there was an expression in the text frame, the stylesheet was not outputted. Nov. 24, 2009 - V2.5 MR2 The following issues have been corrected: 1) Some attributes of the text frame were not corresponded with the stylesheet output. Oct. 21, 2009 - V2.5 MR2 release 1) Corresponds to Windows 7. Jul. 28, 2009 - V2.5 MR1 release 1) Corresponds to AH Formatter V5. Jan. 28, 2009 - V2.5 release 1) The ability to use PDF as a base draft is added. 2) The ability to change the properties of objects dynamically. 3) Adds string related functions. Jun. 01, 2007 - V2.1 release 1) The ability to merge cells of the table is added. 2) The featrure to stick objects is added to the editing functions. 3) The ability to group objects is added. Mar. 05, 2007 - V2.0 MR4 release 1) Corresponds to Windows Vista. Aug. 09, 2006 - V2.0 MR3 release 1) Corresponds to XSL Formatter V4. Nov. 30, 2005 - V2.0 MR2 release 1) Supports the output of the page number to XSL stylesheet. 2) Supports the output of the four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic to XSL stylesheet. 3) Corrected the bug that the property for the arrangement of the vertical axis of image object did not work. Mar. 16, 2005 - V2.0 MR1a release 1) Corrected the invalid attribute name of XSL Stylesheet output. Mar. 1, 2005 - V2.0 MR1 release 1) Adds sample xml files used in manual. 2) Adds 'variable name' property to image properties. 3) Corrected the bug that saving the diagonal line properties did not work. Dec. 20, 2004 - V2.0 release ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (C) 2009 Antenna House, Inc. All rights reserved. Antenna House is a trademark of Antenna House, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------