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by Boreas
Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:57 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Error message: Cannot insert text inside read-only context
Replies: 6
Views: 3640

Error message: Cannot insert text inside read-only context

Hello, I was trying to use the track changes feature. Apparently I did something wrong because I can no longer edit my files in author mode. :shock: I get the cannot insert text inside read-only context tooltip message. Odd enough, I am able to edit my files in the text view. How can I revert this? ...
by Boreas
Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:18 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Limiting levels of chapter numbering in ditamaps
Replies: 2
Views: 2024

Re: Limiting levels of chapter numbering in ditamaps

Hello, I guess I needed to post the question to be able to get the 'Radu' inspiration. :wink: well in one of the users group I found part of a solution. This is my solution. In the customs.xsl file, add: <xsl:template match="*" mode="getTitle"> <xsl:variable name="topic"...
by Boreas
Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:19 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Limiting levels of chapter numbering in ditamaps
Replies: 2
Views: 2024

Limiting levels of chapter numbering in ditamaps

Hello, I work with ditamaps and I am able to number all the levels of my ditamap in my pdf output. I would like to limit the numbering to the 2 first levels of the ditamap. In the customs.xsl file ( under xsl) I added <xsl:number count="*[contains(@class, ' map/topicref ')] [not(ancestor-or-sel...
by Boreas
Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:46 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Variables for title page
Replies: 4
Views: 2695

Re: Variables for title page

:D Actually, with the information you gave me I was able to display two attributes for the pubDate. <xsl:variable name="pubDate"> <xsl:value-of select="(/*/opentopic:map//*[contains(@class, ' topic/revised ')]/@modified)[1]"/> <xsl:value-of select="(/*/opentopic:map//*[conta...
by Boreas
Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:23 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: How to declare a variable
Replies: 5
Views: 3293

Re: How to declare a variable

Beautifull! thanks! the only change I made was for the quotes. Apparently oXygen does not like nested double quotes :? <xsl:when test="//othermeta[@name='ChapterNumbering'][@content='yes']"> thank you for your precious help. Without your help (and the help of the rest of the team) , I woul...
by Boreas
Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:32 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: How to declare a variable
Replies: 5
Views: 3293

Re: How to declare a variable

Hello, I am still unable to generate the document and I think it is because I don't quite get all the connexions between all the files, and I obviously have no skills in code writing. Thanks for being patient with me. In the dita map I added <othermeta name="ChapterNumbering" content="...
by Boreas
Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:09 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Variables for title page
Replies: 4
Views: 2695

Re: Variables for title page

Hello, I found that if I use, <critdates><revised modified="" golive=" May 10, 2013"/></critdates> as metadata in the dita map, the date will be displayed on the title page, provided you don't put anything in th front-matter.xsl file. It's apparently the golive attribute that doe...
by Boreas
Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:24 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Variables for title page
Replies: 4
Views: 2695

Variables for title page

Hello, I was wondering, are there other variables that can be used under the template name="createFrontMatter_1.0"> used to generate the title page? In the front-matter.xsl file we have $productName $productVersion $pubdate I would need another variable for revision. I previously patched t...
by Boreas
Fri May 29, 2015 10:27 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: How to declare a variable
Replies: 5
Views: 3293

How to declare a variable

Hello, We have two types of documents to generate, one that requires chapter numbering, and the other requires no numbering. I was able to create a condition in the custom.xsl file to generate the document with or without numbering base on the book title. Obviously putting a condition on a book titl...
by Boreas
Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Index not generating in PDF
Replies: 6
Views: 2618

Re: Index not generating in PDF

Hello, I made a quick test, I generated the PDF with the PDF transformation scenario of OXygen, (out of the box not using my plugin) it works. Index terms are displayed. This means, that there is something broken in my plugin that does not allow the index terms to be generated....Any idea where I sh...
by Boreas
Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:16 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Index not generating in PDF
Replies: 6
Views: 2618

Re: Index not generating in PDF

Hello,

I am using Oxygen 16. Should work. But does not.

Regards
Carole
by Boreas
Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:19 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Index not generating in PDF
Replies: 6
Views: 2618

Index not generating in PDF

Hello, I am trying to generate an index for a PDF. I used the <indexterm>word to index</indexterm> element expecting it to make the magic, but although the PDF displays the Index bookmark, the section is not generated, and the Index bookmark is not clickable. What's missing? Regards Carole
by Boreas
Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:46 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: xref to Topic Heading
Replies: 1
Views: 1290

xref to Topic Heading

Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to insert a link pointing to a Topic Heading of a Ditamap. I have a task, and I want to make sure the user reads and understands all the topics included in a Topic Heading of the Ditamap. The topic heading introduces a set of files on different categories of...
by Boreas
Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:18 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Running Heads in PDF
Replies: 3
Views: 2317

Re: Running Heads in PDF

Hello, There was, indeed, available info on the Web, but I needed to figure out how the second current heading was called in the DITA-OT. I actually found it by accident... In any case, perhaps my code does not meet standards, or can be shroten, don't hesitate to correct. So: In ...plugins/nameofplu...
by Boreas
Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:02 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Running Heads in PDF
Replies: 3
Views: 2317

Running Heads in PDF

Hello, I have another question on PDF customization. Presently when I generate my PDF, I have in the header the name of the current section. I would like to add the superordinated level of the current section. The file to change is cfg/fo/xsl/static-content.xsl I understand that I need to add someth...
by Boreas
Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:03 pm
Forum: Other Issues
Topic: Adding a Watermark to XHTML and PDF output
Replies: 17
Views: 13830

Re: Adding a Watermark to XHTML and PDF output

Hello, you are suggesting that all changes should be done in the org.dita.pdf2, regardless if I have custom plugin to generate my PDF? At one point in the post, it is said You have to modify the same files in every PDF plugin, just like you did in the above customization (4 months ago) when you said...
by Boreas
Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:11 am
Forum: Other Issues
Topic: Adding a Watermark to XHTML and PDF output
Replies: 17
Views: 13830

Re: Adding a Watermark to XHTML and PDF output

Hello, I am able to display the watermark on all pages. I implemented the changes in my customPDF plugin. I am trying to implement the parameter in the scenario so that I can choose when to display the watermark, but with no success. :( To implement the parameter args.watermark, I used the files in ...
by Boreas
Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:02 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Bold not rendered
Replies: 3
Views: 2152

Re: Bold not rendered

Just a quick note, to say that <b> alone is genereated even if I don't comment out the <ph>.

Sorry for the confusion.

Carole
by Boreas
Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:48 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Bold not rendered
Replies: 3
Views: 2152

Re: Bold not rendered

Hello, with the information supplied from the other post on lost <i>, I was able to better understand how things were organized and related one to another. I realized that it was not <b> that I had lost, but it was rather the bold defined for <wintitle> and <uicontrol> that were not rendered.I norma...
by Boreas
Fri Dec 19, 2014 7:36 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Ditamap versus Book map
Replies: 4
Views: 4077

Ditamap versus Book map

Hello, we started with dita maps, and realized that we could not pull the attributes from the ditamap to generate the title page. We used to be able to set attributes in the dita map and they would appear on the title page. It no longer works, unless I am,again :? , missing something.Only the Title ...
by Boreas
Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:50 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: TOC - page numbers not on left of page
Replies: 2
Views: 1574

Re: TOC - page numbers not on left of page

Hello, I was unable to see any differences between my files and the Oxygen's file. (of course besides color, weigth etc.) but it does not mean ther was none..... :)In the process, I managed to break my scenario. I had to start the TOC formatting from scratch (using the out of the box xsl.) and every...
by Boreas
Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:45 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Bold not rendered
Replies: 3
Views: 2152

Bold not rendered

Hello, we created a plugin to customise our PDF. Apprently we changed something that we were not supposed to because bold is no longer displayed. There is only only scenario in my set of scenarios that does this, and this scenario is the only one using this plugin. Any idea where I sould start looki...
by Boreas
Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:56 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: TOC - page numbers not on left of page
Replies: 2
Views: 1574

TOC - page numbers not on left of page

Hello,
my page numbers in my toc are displayed next to the text of my toc content (all levels). I was able to change the font, the leader, the color etc. but the alignment remains a mystery.

Regards

Carole
by Boreas
Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:21 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: PDF Customisation - Scenario not working
Replies: 3
Views: 1796

Re: PDF Customisation - Scenario not working

thank you! it works. I was missing the transtype parameter. 1- I copied the plugin in ...frameworks/dita/DITA-OTTest/plugins 2- I ran the Run Dita OT Integrator directly from Oxygen using the Run Dita OT Integrator scenario. I made sure that I was pointing to the proper Dita folder to pick up the pr...
by Boreas
Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:12 am
Forum: Feature Request
Topic: Specialized Relationship table for Tasks
Replies: 1
Views: 1619

Specialized Relationship table for Tasks

Hello, We have several tasks that are used in different use cases. We need to indicate the next step of each task to create a flow. I need to keep the next step out of the topic and into the ditamap, for reuse purposes. And I really need to face the Next step label displayed.It would be nice if ther...
by Boreas
Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:51 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Book of Books with conditions
Replies: 1
Views: 1574

Book of Books with conditions

Hello, I have 3 ditamaps (for 3 documents) built from the same set of files. Some of these files have conditionilized text to support one of the 3 document output. So I use filter A for document Version A, filter B for Document B etc. I can generate the documents and get the proper information for e...
by Boreas
Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:13 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Static Labels
Replies: 12
Views: 5991

Re: Static Labels

hello, found the reason why the new label was not being displayed. :D If the language attribute is not set on each file the new labels are not picked up. In one ditamap I set the language attribute on half of the files. The PDF displayed the new label only on the files that had the language attribut...
by Boreas
Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:03 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Static Labels
Replies: 12
Views: 5991

Re: Static Labels

Hello, apparently I changed the proper variable, but it is still not working. I will send you my samples. <!--Labels for task sections--> <variable id="Task Prereq">Before you begin</variable> <variable id="Task Context">Information</variable> <variable id="Task Steps">...
by Boreas
Wed Nov 19, 2014 11:09 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Static Labels
Replies: 12
Views: 5991

Static Labels

Hello, I am trying to change an English static label (Context in a task) I was on the impression it was in OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR/frameworks/dita/DITA-OT/plugins/org.dita.pdf2/cfg/common/vars but when I change the label in the en.xml file, it does not appear in my PDF output. I did set the args.gen.task...
by Boreas
Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:42 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Webhelp Mobile - error loading page
Replies: 1
Views: 1260

Webhelp Mobile - error loading page

Hello, I generated from a Ditamap a document using the Webhelp Mobile, out of the box, scenario. I don't get any error message when generating and the web help opens properly. But, I can click the first level, corresponding to topic headings in my ditamap , and move to the topic level. I can see the...