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by davenz
Sat Sep 09, 2023 3:23 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Easily add XML processing instsructions?
Replies: 3
Views: 456

Easily add XML processing instsructions?

Hi folks, I have a authoring team that frequently enters XML processing instructions into DITA topics for a certain other system that we use. Entering these instructions is manual and usually involves copy/paste. What I'd like to do is show these processing instructions in the content completion win...
by davenz
Fri Sep 08, 2023 3:39 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: WebHelp not recognizing "webhelp.fragment.before.topic.content"
Replies: 3
Views: 647

Re: WebHelp not recognizing "webhelp.fragment.before.topic.content"

Hi Costin -- just a note to say thanks and everything is working as expected now with the correct WebHelp version! :)
by davenz
Sun Aug 13, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: WebHelp not recognizing "webhelp.fragment.before.topic.content"
Replies: 3
Views: 647

Re: WebHelp not recognizing "webhelp.fragment.before.topic.content"

Hi Costin,

Thanks for looking into -- that explains it! I'll be in touch about your one-time upgrade offer.

Thanks,
Dave
by davenz
Thu Aug 10, 2023 3:14 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: WebHelp not recognizing "webhelp.fragment.before.topic.content"
Replies: 3
Views: 647

WebHelp not recognizing "webhelp.fragment.before.topic.content"

Hi folks, To surface metadata labels in WebHelp output, I'm doing the changes that Alin kindly documented in https://github.com/oxygenxml/oxygen-publishing-template-samples/tree/master/templates/multiple-topic-meta-in-body A fragment placeholder parameter of "webhelp.fragment.before.topic.conte...
by davenz
Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:09 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Re: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic

Hi Alin, A follow-up since last posting this. One topic could have more than one audience element when the content is applicable to more than one audience. For example, administrators and staff could be the audiences for one topic: <prolog> <metadata> <audience type="administrator"/> <audi...
by davenz
Mon Sep 19, 2022 10:24 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Automatically add topicrefs to a ditamap
Replies: 3
Views: 529

Re: Automatically add topicrefs to a ditamap

Hi Radu -- no prob, thanks for confirming! Will look at a script + submap approach.

Thanks,
Dave
by davenz
Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:01 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Automatically add topicrefs to a ditamap
Replies: 3
Views: 529

Automatically add topicrefs to a ditamap

Hi all, Do ditamaps support adding topicrefs of a specified file path automatically? For example, I have a script that generates many documents automatically. Each document is a discrete topic. The script puts the topics in a folder. Ideally I can use a possible wildcard or variable in the ditamap t...
by davenz
Mon Sep 06, 2021 2:36 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Re: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic

Hi Alin,

That's awesome—works great. Thanks again!

Cheers,
Dave
by davenz
Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Re: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic

Hi Alin, One other question--can I show the same metadata content in a concept? I've tried and I can't get this to work for concepts. The fragment I'm using: <div class="audience ${topic-xpath(/concept/prolog/metadata/audience[1]/@type)}"/> The @type attribute of the concept's audience met...
by davenz
Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:14 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Re: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic

Hi Alin,

That's brilliant, thanks so much. Exactly what I'm after and it work fine.

Cheers!
Dave
by davenz
Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:17 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Automatically show audience metadata in a published topic

Hi all, I'm using Oxygen XML 22.1 and WebHelp output. Some of my topics are for administrators only. I want to automatically put a suitable note in each published item of applicable documentation--something like "Audience: Administrators only". I figure there is a way to extract the value ...
by davenz
Wed Aug 18, 2021 5:53 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Link underlining and descenders in PDF output
Replies: 5
Views: 1390

Re: Link underlining and descenders in PDF output

Hi Julien,

Thanks for looking into this -- good to know that the behavior is caused by something else upstream.

Cheers,
Dave
by davenz
Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:38 pm
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Link underlining and descenders in PDF output
Replies: 5
Views: 1390

Re: Link underlining and descenders in PDF output

Hi Julien, Thanks for your reply and example. I'm using Oxygen XML Editor on Windows 10 and the latest version of Acrobat Reader DC. The formatting that surrounds the table and figure text in your example is indeed fine. I'll dig into my stylesheets and see what could be causing this. For the font u...
by davenz
Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:10 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Link underlining and descenders in PDF output
Replies: 5
Views: 1390

Link underlining and descenders in PDF output

Hi all, I want to change some aspects of PDF output for better quality. I've attached a screenshot that shows the problems. descenders.png 1. The two highlighted areas show some strange underline formatting that surrounds the automatic numbering for tables and figures. 2. The default underline styli...
by davenz
Wed Sep 30, 2020 1:09 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Searching result page doesn't display
Replies: 10
Views: 3786

Re: Searching result page doesn't display

Same problem as the original post, same version as the most recent reply to this thread. I'll dig out some environment info and send it.
by davenz
Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:25 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: WebHelp search results missing CSS and have a different path
Replies: 1
Views: 644

WebHelp search results missing CSS and have a different path

Hi all, I'm using Oxygen XML to publish WebHelp. My DITA map and topic hierarchy shows published topics and related media perfectly. I can browse and select published articles fine. If I use WebHelp search, the site shows the expected list of ranked search results fine. But if I select a search resu...
by davenz
Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:16 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: shortdesc formatting in WebHelp tooltips - broken?
Replies: 3
Views: 1346

Re: shortdesc formatting in WebHelp tooltips - broken?

That worked great, thanks.

Dave
by davenz
Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:00 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: shortdesc formatting in WebHelp tooltips - broken?
Replies: 3
Views: 1346

Re: shortdesc formatting in WebHelp tooltips - broken?

Also, this is using Oxygen XML Editor 21.1. I've tested this on the latest release of Firefox and Chrome.
by davenz
Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:59 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Cannot hide WebHelp tooltips
Replies: 4
Views: 1579

Re: Cannot hide WebHelp tooltips

Great—thanks for confirming and the workaround.

Cheers,
Dave
by davenz
Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:47 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Cannot hide WebHelp tooltips
Replies: 4
Views: 1579

Cannot hide WebHelp tooltips

Hi all, If I set webhelp.publication.toc.tooltip.position to hidden , Oxygen XML Editor still shows the tooltip in the WebHelp output. If I set the parameter to any other value (such as left or right ), the tooltip position does change. It's just that setting the parameter to hidden doesn't hide the...
by davenz
Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:06 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: shortdesc formatting in WebHelp tooltips - broken?
Replies: 3
Views: 1346

shortdesc formatting in WebHelp tooltips - broken?

Hi all, I've defined a key with a keyword: <keydef keys="ProductName-MyProduct"> <topicmeta> <keywords> <keyword>My Product</keyword> </keywords> </topicmeta> </keydef> The formatting of the key in WebHelp tooltips looks broken: shortdesc-1.png The formatting of the same key in a topic sho...
by davenz
Mon May 20, 2019 2:02 pm
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Nested WebHelp pages
Replies: 1
Views: 1073

Nested WebHelp pages

Hello, I need some guidance please on how to create the correct ditamap structure for a WebHelp deliverable. My WebHelp deliverable must use a traditional nested page structure. The home page should contain a small number of parent topics. Parent topics should then contain subtopics, and the nesting...
by davenz
Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:19 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: CSS selector for stepresult element margins
Replies: 2
Views: 1344

Re: CSS selector for stepresult element margins

Hi Costin,

That worked perfectly, thanks!

Dave
by davenz
Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:22 pm
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: CSS selector for stepresult element margins
Replies: 2
Views: 1344

CSS selector for stepresult element margins

Hi all, I'm using Oxygen XML Editor 21 to publish PDF output using the DITA Map PDF - based on HTML5 & CSS transformation type. I've noticed that stepresult elements in tasks have a lack of vertical margin. I've had a good look, but I can't identify the relevant CSS selector to apply custom styl...