DITA OT, using an alternate Customization dir

[maglid]

How can I use the DITA Open Toolkit customization.dir parameter so I can use a different Customization dir for PDF output? I have tried the Advanced tab in the Edit DITA Scenario dialog box, Additional arguments field. Can't get it to work.

Thanks,
Mark

[Radu]

Hi Mark,

In the ANT build file OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR/frameworks/dita/DITA-OT/demo/fo/build.xml the customization dir parameter is set by default to:

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<property name="customization.dir" value="${basedir}/Customization"/>

In order to overwrite it, edit the DITA Map transformation scenario and in the Parameters tab add a new parameter with the name customization.dir and the value set to your custom folder.

Regards,
Radu

[maglid]

Thanks Radu, that works. I failed to notice the New button on the Parameters tab. That might have been because I read the online help for the Parameters tab, and the second sentence is "All the parameters that can be set to the DITA-OT build files for the chosen type of transformation (eg: XHTML) are listed along with their description."

It sounded like it was claiming that all the parameters were there, when I knew they were not. I figured there was somewhere else to enter extra parameters. FYI your tech writer.

Thanks for your help.

[Radu]

Hi Mark,

Thanks, we will try to update the user manual to better express this type of issue.

Regards,
Radu