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catherine
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create more than one tasks in a task topic

Post by catherine »

Hi,
Is there any way I can create 2 or 3 tasks in a task topic, like the following:
Task 1
  • Step 1
    Step 2
    Step3
Task2
  • Step1
    Step2
    Step3
I tried, but failed. I can only create one task in a task topic.
But I see your online help, you can create two tasks in a topic, can you tell me how to achieve this?
https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... l?hl=image
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bogdan
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Joined: Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:22 pm

Re: create more than one tasks in a task topic

Post by bogdan »

Hi Catherine,

In the example you provided from our userguide we used a structure based on sections inside a topic, like in the following example:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">

<topic>

  <title>Topic</title>

  <body>

    <p>Some content.</p>

    <section>

      <title>First procedure</title>

      <p>Follow this procedure:<ol>

        <li>Step one</li>

        <li>Step two</li>

      </ol></p>

    </section>

    <section>

      <title>Second procedure</title>

      <p>Follow this procedure:<ol>

        <li>First step</li>

        <li>Second step</li>

        <li>Third step</li>

      </ol></p>

    </section>

  </body>

</topic>
If this method does not suit your needs, you could alternatively try one of the following methods:
  • Create task structures inside a task topic, like in the following example:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    
<!DOCTYPE task PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Task//EN" "task.dtd">
    
<task id="maintask">
    
  <title>Main task</title>
    
  <taskbody>
    
    <context>
    
      <p>Some content.</p>
    
    </context>
    
    <steps>
    
      <step>
    
        <cmd>Step one</cmd>
    
      </step>
    
      <step>
    
        <cmd>Step two</cmd>
    
      </step>
    
    </steps>
    
  </taskbody>
    
  <task id="secondtask">
    
    <title>Second task</title>
    
    <taskbody>
    
      <steps>
    
        <step>
    
          <cmd>Step one</cmd>
    
        </step>
    
        <step>
    
          <cmd>Step two</cmd>
    
        </step>
    
      </steps>
    
    </taskbody>
    
  </task>
    
</task>
  • Write separate tasks, then aggregate them in the final output by using the DITA chunking mechanism.
Best Regards,
Bogdan Goreci
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