We are running into an issue where Oxygen Author 20.1 freezes and doesn't open the request file. The file opens up fine in notepad, so we know the file isn't corrupted. The only way to close Oxygen Author is by end tasking it in the Task Manager. I would like to look at the oxygen logs to see what p...

Hi Radu, Thank you for your response, we are publishing to PDF and yes the title of the xref resolved for topics and also for maps, if the href value is a single GUID instead of GUID#GUID. This is also true while editing in Oxygen and preview in SDL Tridion Docs 13.2 (Publication Manager). Please ad...

out of the box adding a link to a map to a topic in Oxygen Author, I get a href attribute with filename#GUID, and similarly in SDL (CMS) we get GUID#GUID which doesn't resolve to a title. If the href is manually updated after the xref is inserted to just a single GUID, it resolves to title and works...

We would like to use a web service to HTTP POST the topic XML from Oxygen Author 20.1 and accept back via HTTP GET a pdf file attachment with MIME type of "application/pdf" and display it to user in Acrobat Reader DC. I have looked through the forms and found a few suggestions to writing a java exte...

Hi Radu, I would like to insertFragment when inserting topicrefs, currently we only get <topicref></topicref> when we add the element using element selector, I would like it to add <topicref><topicmeta><hwHeading></hwHeading></topicmeta></topicref>, where hwHeading is a specialized tag. The insert F...

Hi Radu, Selecting Windows | Show View | Elements opens a windows to select Elements to insert (this is what I had referred to as Element selector). I tried inserting topicref by double clicking it in that window. This adds <topicref></topicref> tags, and right clicking on the page icon that is inse...

I am trying to add a xml fragment to map/topicref when selected from Element selector. I have tried adding it to the Author Actions, but it doesn't get inserted. Any help is appreciated. Activation XPath: oxy:allows-child-element("topicref") Operation: ro.sync.ecss.extensions.commons.operations.Inse...

That did the trick, thanks again for the prompt reply/solution.

Hi Radu,
Cals tables are not formatted in Oxygen for non DITA XML, the tags don't have any class attributes. How can I style them in Oxygen Author 20.1?
Thank you in advance for you help.

When inserting a cross reference to a library topic in Oxygen, the content column doesn't show the starting text of the <p> tag for some entries. <p cid="1znXgq" id="GUID-F4F55D25-1BEA-410C-988E-7FBFF9880A90"> <cite id="GUID-97D5D642-D4B5-5988-910F-8C9538C68E87">Pearson A, et al. (2011). Predominant...

Hi Radu,
Thank you, that solves the issue.

Our content developers use the Paste to Plain Text feature extensively and would like to associate a hotkey/keyboard shortcut to it. I was able to find an option in the Document Type | Author | Actions. Where could I configure this?

Hi Radu,
I have submitted details with screenshot and sample files to the support email provided. Thank you again for all your assistance.

Hi Radu, The CSS Inspetor doesn't show the css/Syles, and no it doesn't show the black border around p element. I copied this css from your blog post, just need to get anything working with custom css, so I can apply the actual css I need to. Under "Properties" of the document, it does list the cust...

Hi Radu, The CSS property and the Document Type Association shows up correctly under Windows | Show View | Properties. But the CSS specified in the CSS file doesn't get applied to the document under Author tab. CSS Test p{ display: table !important; border: 1px solid black !important; padding: 2px !...

Hi Radu,
I followed the steps in your blog post and tried adding "!important" to the css, with no luck. Also noticed that authorDefault.css already has "!important" specified for all its CSS. I still get "authorDefault.css" in CSS inspector.

I was able to add CSS to specialized DITA content, followed the same steps for regular XML content and the styling doesn't apply. This CSS is based on elements, instead of classes. Extending the DITA Document Type Association didn't work. I added the CSS to Oxygen 20.1 was able to select is from the...

Hi Radu,
Thanks for your reply, that is exactly was I was looking for.
Akheil Jain

Hi Radu, The previous implementation with an ActiveXObject, presented a user with a dialog with fields to enter a number and two set of units, one which applied to the number entered and one which was calculated. Units where volume, temperature, weight etc. Guess I will need to rewrite it in Java. T...

I am trying to port over customization we had in XMetal to Oxygen, would like suggests on how to tap into ActiveXObject functionality in Oxygen. I have tried the JSOperation Author Actions with no success, I get a ReferenceError for ActiveXObject. How else can this be implemented?

Hi Radu,
I may need to rephrase by question, the issue I am running into is the Author Action is not triggered, when I select draft-comment Element for the Element selector or when I hit Enter on my keyboard and select draft-comment element.

Hi Radu,
We are using XML Author 20.1, build 2018101517. And it still doesn't insert it upon inserting the element. I setup a shortcut key to invoke the action, when used adds the author name, but not the timestamp.
Thanks in advance...
Akheil Jain

Hi Radu, Thank you for your comments, I still am not able to get it working. Is there a log to see what the issue might be? I followed the instructions in your post and all it inserts now is <draft-comment author=""></draft-comment>, with the cursor within the double quotes. The Action criteria I sp...

I am trying to figure out the right place to configure attribute defaults upon element insert. I would like to add "time" to draft-comment tags and auto populate author upon tag insertion. I have a custom framework created, with storage set to external so it can easily be distributed to other users.

I would like to configure/customize a keyboard shortcut & Tool bar menu to perform the following action. unwrap element <email> everywhere in the current document. How would I go about implementing this functionality. Background: I am looking into changing authoring tools from XMetal to Oxygen and t...