[xep-support] Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - RenderX moves to the Cloud

I'd like to give it a try. My source would be XML+XSL Docbook with a
customization layer. My source also includes SVG (not yet?) and MML.
I can test on Windows 7 (preferred, or on MacOX 10.4.11 (rather old, but
may be of use to you). On 07-Jun-12 4:57 PM, Kevin Brown wrote:
> For those that don't like announcements, I apologize in advance for using
> this venue but in reality this is an opportunity for those who wish to test
> something very new from RenderX.
>
> On Monday, RenderX will remove the wraps on something completely different.
> We have completed some initial testing over the past six months with several
> organizations and we'll be putting some RenderX engines up in the Cloud for
> everyone to use. Since this is a technical list, I'll limit this to a mostly
> technical discussion about what this means.
>
> We have created a starting point API in C# and some sample applications for
> Windows users that enable you to use RenderX without even having it
> installed on the computer. Merely an internet connection suffices. The
> client-side, very small footprint application/API for RenderX CloudFormatter
> accepts either XML+XSL or XSL FO. It performs the transform for you if
> needed (uses XSLTCompiledTransform and/or MVP) and also walks the entire
> document finding all images and inserts them into the document as base64
> encoded images. It then streams the resulting XSL FO with images to a copy
> of RenderX running in the Cloud, returning to you PDF in a stream. The API
> is stream-in, stream-out so you have the freedom to do what you wish with
> the result -- write it to disk, copy to browser window, etc. CloudFormatter
> client-side basically sends a SOAP message to our servers and returns the
> formatted result. Since the rendering is all on our servers, no local copy
> of RenderX is required for you to use the software. This does mean that we
> need to flush out things required server-side, like fonts and hyphenation
> tables and we will do so over time as needed.
>
> Currently we implemented a PDF CloudFormatter, but we will add others as
> needed and likely next will release an SVG CloudFormatter that allows you to
> deliver live, SVG documentation to an HTML5 browser.
>
> The installation on Windows also adds a Send To...RenderX CloudFormatter so
> that you can simply select one or more XMLs and an XSL, or one or more XSL
> FOs and send them to be formatted, writing the result to the same folder
> with a ".pdf" extension. It also provides a simple ".exe" which does the
> same, allowing easy integration as a formatter in oXygen, Altova or Stylus
> Studio.
>
> So, on Monday we enter a 60-day evaluation and testing open to the world. We
> of course wanted to let all of you know first (hence you will not even see
> any announcements starting until later this weekend and at next week's trade
> show Info360).
>
> Anyone interested in getting involved and helping us out, we would be happy
> to get you started right away. Just drop me an email and we'll get you your
> very own CloudFormatter. We hope that you are our user community will do so
> and help us to evolve this into a new, exciting offering by RenderX.
>
> Thanks for allowing me some "marketing time", or course comments are welcome
> and testers are encouraged.
>
> Kevin Brown
> RenderX
> kevin@renderx.com
>
>
>
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