Show Comments and Tracked Changes in PDF Output

[kate_lopresti]

My team is trying to include comments and tracked changes in our PDF output, but not having any success.
Here's our setup:
* duplicated DITA Map PDF - based on XSL-FO scenario
* added show.changes.and.comments parameter and set to yes
* verified Apache FOP version is 2.9
https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... ments.html

[julien_lacour]

Hello,

I tried your exact scenario using <oXygen/> XML Editor 26.1, build 2024091606 and I did get the tracked changes and comments in the PDF output:

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Could you give us more details:
What version of Oxygen are you using?
Are you using an external DITA-OT/Oxygen Publishing Engine?
If yes, do you have any plugin installed in it?

Regards,
Julien

[kate_lopresti]

Thanks, Julien.
I think you found the issue.
I had the dita.dir parameter pointing to a test copy of DITA-OT version = 3.7.1, which has custom plugins. (Although I was using a duplicate of scenario DITA Map PDF - based on XSL-FO. Do my custom plugins impact this?)
The PDF generated when I set dita.dir = C:\Program Files\Oxygen XML Author 26\frameworks\dita\DITA-OT\bin\..
This DITA-OT version = 4.1.2. Does the OT version make a difference?

[julien_lacour]

Hello,

The OT version makes no difference, the problem is DITA-OT doesn't includes the plugin that renders tracked changes by default (as it is a custom Oxygen plugin). Unfortunately Oxygen Publishing Engine has no version based on DITA-OT 3.7.1, the corresponding versions are the following:

• Oxygen Publishing Engine 25.1 based on DITA-OT 3.7.4
• Oxygen Publishing Engine 25.0 based on DITA-OT 3.7.3
• Oxygen Publishing Engine 24.1 based on DITA-OT 3.7.0

All these versions are available in the Software Archive page. My recommendation is to use Oxygen Publishing Engine 25.1 if you want to stick to DITA-OT 3.7.x (as 3.7.4 is the last version before DITA-OT 4.x).

Regards,
Julien