[oXygen-user] Setting output file name

[Stephen Matlock]

I'm trying solution #2
a. I edited build.xml (I made a backup copy first!)
b. In the section starting with <project name="dita.build" basedir="." I added   <property name="pdf.file.name" value="${dita.map.filename.root}" /> 
c. In the section starting with <target mae="publish.map.pdf"> I commented out the entry <param name="outputFile" value="${dita.map.output.dir}/${dita.map.filename.root}.pdf"/> and added <param name="outputFile" value="${dita.map.output.dir}/${pdf.file.name}.pdf"/>
d. in my transform setting I clicked the Parameters tab, added the name "pdf.file.name" and made the value XYZSAMPLEXYZ

And...it worked!

This is great stuff.
           

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Matlock [mailto:] 
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:37 AM
To: Radu Coravu
Subject: Re: [oXygen-user] Setting output file name

Thanks, Radu, I will try that.

It's OK that Oxygen won't open the PDF automatically - that's not an
essential part of the transform process for me -- I can just open it
manually in Acrobat Pro.



On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Radu Coravu <> wrote:
> Dear Steve,
>
> Thank you for contacting us.
>
> From what it seems the DITA Open Toolkit does not yet have an ANT parameter
> which can be set to indicate the output file name for PDF IDIOM
> transformations.
> Of course you can make some changes in the build files to accomplish this.
> If for example you open the
> "OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR\frameworks\dita\DITA-OT\demo\fo\build.xml" file there is
> a target in it called "publish.map.pdf".
> That target contains a parameter like:
> <param name="outputFile"
>               value="${dita.map.output.dir}/${dita.map.filename.root}.pdf"/>
>
> so the output file is hardcoded to the name of the map.
>
> There are two options:
> 1) You can replace the paramter with something hardcoded like:
> <param name="outputFile"
>               value="${dita.map.output.dir}/customFileName.pdf"/>
>
> 2) Create a new property which you can afterwards set from the Oxygen
> parameters tab.
> For this, in the beginning of the build.xml where all properties are
> defined, add a new entry:
> <property name="pdf.file.name" value="${dita.map.filename.root}" />
> and use this entry in the parameter I mentioned above:
> <param name="outputFile"
>               value="${dita.map.output.dir}/${pdf.file.name}.pdf"/>
>
> Then you will be able to add the "pdf.file.name" as a new parameter in the
> Oxygen transformation scenario "Parameters" tab with your custom file name
> value.
>
> There is a downside to this:
> Oxygen will not know what PDF file to open after the transformation succeeds
> so you will either have to open it externally or edit the transformation
> scenario and in the "Output" tab specify explicitly the "Other location" to
> open.
>
> Regards,
> Radu
>
> --
> Radu Coravu
> <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
> http://www.oxygenxml.com
>
> Steve Matlock wrote:
>>
>> I'm generating PDFs using the default/demo PDF generator in Oxygen
>> 10.x on Vista and using a bookmap and a dita map.
>>
>> I'm looking for a way to set the output file name explicitly --
>> currently the ditamap/bookmap I'm using becomes the output file name.
>>
>> I've looked through help and through the demo transforms, but I'm not
>> finding this. I see that I can do this for PS, HTML, or TXT output.
>>
>> Is there a way to explicitly set the file name in Oxygen 10.x / DITA?
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