Resourceid appname & appid

[Tristan]

Hi,

Are there plans to translate the appname & appid attributes in a <resourceid> to the context-help-map.xml in the webhelp output?
If so will the two attributes be concatenated in the helpID?

e.g. <resourceid appname="application" appid="functionid"/> becomes
<appContext HelpID="application.functionid" path="..."/>

Thanks,

Tristan

[radu_pisoi]

Hi,

Yes, we want to update the Context-Sensitive WebHelp system to take care about the new attributes added to the resourceID element in DITA 1.3 specification.

Hi,

Are there plans to translate the appname & appid attributes in a <resourceid> to the context-help-map.xml in the webhelp output?
If so will the two attributes be concatenated in the helpID?

e.g. <resourceid appname="application" appid="functionid"/> becomes
<appContext HelpID="application.functionid" path="..."/>

Tristan

For the case when both @appname and @appid attributes are specified, I think we will adopt the next convention:

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<appContext helpID="functionid" appName="application" path="topics/topic.html"/>

where the @helpID value is taken from resourceid@appid. So, the information from the @appname attribute will be transferred in the 'context-help-map.xml' file as it is.

[Tristan]

Thanks for the swift reply and considering the update.
I assume the appid will then also be added as a parameter in the url next to the contextid?

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index.html?contextId=functionid?appid=application

Best regards,

Tristan

[radu_pisoi]

I assume the appid will then also be added as a parameter in the url next to the contextid?

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index.html?contextId=functionid?appid=application

I suppose that you are referring to the @appname attribute.

Yes, we will update the list of parameters allowed by Context-Sensitive WebHelp system by adding the 'appname' parameter.
So, for you case:

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<appContext helpID="functionid" appName="application" path="topics/topic.html"/>

you will be able to open a WebHelp system showing the page 'topics/topic.html' with the next query:

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index.html?contextId=functionid;appName=application

[Tristan]

Perfect!
Indeed it was appname I wanted to refer to and the ? should have been a ; in my url
I blame it on the monday morning feeling

Thanks again,

Tristan

[alin]

Hello,

I wanted to let you know that the feature you have requested was implemented in oXygen 18.1 which was released a few weeks ago.
Here is a fragment from the "What is new" section:

Context Sensitive WebHelp was Updated for DITA 1.3
The Context Sensitive WebHelp system was updated to support the new changes from DITA 1.3 specifications. For example, you can now associate a topic with an application by using the @appid and @appname attributes available on the resourceid element.

You can read more in our User Manual:
https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... -resp.html

Regards,

Alin