I have set up transformation scenario that uses a template, plus CSS customizations, plus XSL customizations -- all to generate PDFs. It works wonderfully. EXCEPT Sometimes, and definitely not every time (maybe 30% to 50% of the time, depending on the day and maybe the files I'm transforming), oXyge...

Dan... Thanks again! You keep coming through with solutions. Understanding the process helps a LOT. You didn't just give me a carp, you taught me how to fish. Here's the xref in the merged XML file: <xref class="- topic/xref " deliveryTarget="User Guide" href="#unique_3"...

Well, no joy. I played around a little, and actually tried going into the merged2merged entry point to have a look. For that entry point, I added in this: <xsl:template match="xref[@outputclass = 'PDF_External']"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:value-of select="node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:templ...

Ok, here's an edge case. To build our release notes we also conref to a list of new features in the product doc. That list of features has xrefs that link to pages in the HTML. The Rel Notes are PDF so those links can't work. To fix this I make the xref like so: <xref outputclass="PDF_External&...

Most wonderful, and lots of thanks. You have gotten me off the ground, and we should be on our way moving our PDF production over to this CSS method.

Hi all... I'm sure this is a regular use case, and I should be able to figure it out, but I've been at it for a few hours and don't find anything. Often, a first page in a chapter includes a large logo or some other special formatting. In these cases, it also includes maybe the top 1/3 as white spac...

I just want to make sure I understand this correctly... CSS says this: li { page-break-inside:avoid; } should avoid a page break inside an li -- WHENEVER POSSIBLE (emphasis mine). In the PDF that I generate, if the li is very big, then it populates to the end of the page, and the following page star...

Thanks Dan. So the point is that internally the HTML has "content" that the pagination considers to be on a page? It's odd behvior, so yes -- you should include that use case in the styling docs. I really appreciate the help and quick turnaround.

I also verified that injecting the XSLT into com.oxygenxml.pdf.css.xsl.merged2merged also works, so long as you include that last selector/rule. So indeed that is the secret sauce. Should I have been able to find this in the docs?

Ta Dah!!! Yes, this works! Thanks much.

Out of curiosity, can you explain what's happening with the last selector and rule? It looks kind of important!

Hi Dan...

In your post you say, "See the replies from that topic.", but I don't see which topic you're talking about! Sorry if I'm being thick...

I would like to bump this issue. I'm using the new template-based transform to PDF. But I still have the same issue... I need a blank page after the title that includes copyright and a link to our EULA. Is there an obvious way to do this?

Or do I have to hack it as a separate topic in the book?

Thanks much, Dan... I'm finally able to think about this again. I have updated to 20.1, and I use the HTML5 based PDF transformation. I have to say it is ingenious. One of the hardest things to do in software is produce a configurable, horizontal layer on top of a technology so that people can use i...

Hi Dan... Thanks.

This works to a point. The cover page seems to be gone and the TOC is gone. However, the PDF begins with a blank page one. But this is closer than I could get otherwise!

Hi all... For reasons of my own, I want to generate a DITA Map such that I get a single PDF file with all the topics in place. But I don't want a cover page or a TOC. I just want the first page to begin with the title of the first topic. Following instructions, I copied the DITA map PDF - WYSIWYG tr...

Hi... I'm trying to see if I can make this work for me as the PDF engine. I'll chunk my DITA maps to generate a single XHTML file, and then take it from there. I'm very excited about this product, but I've encountered a few problems already: My XHTML generates a table with an empty thead. I think th...