Customizing the PDF file name on output

Post by **B-E-N** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:51 pm

Hi,

is there a way to specify a custom file name for the PDF dependent on the selected transformation scenario?

Currently, the PDF have the file name of the main ditamap.

I would have hoped to find this option here:

Post by **Radu** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 1:04 pm

Hi,

We had a previous request to have a custom editor variable which expands to the current scenario file name and to be able to use that editor variable in all the transformation scenario fields. I will add your vote for this. Until then, I do not have a good workaround for you.

Regards,
Radu

Post by **xephon** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 3:52 pm

You can use the outputFile.base parameter to do this, see http://www.dita-ot.org/2.4/parameters/p ... s-pdf.html. To be more flexible, you maybe should simply rename the file with your build target. If you parse your map metadata, you can define your own patterns.

Post by **B-E-N** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:12 pm

Thank you, outputFile.base works great. This seems to offer enough flexibility for us.