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Save entire manual to PDF
Webhelp responsive has a nice way to print a topic of a manual, as seen here: https://i.imgur.com/SCrsFNo.jpg
However, I am getting multiple requests for a way to download the entire manual (all contents).
The only way I can think to do this is:
1. Generate the webhelp Responsive, as normal
2. Also generate a PDF
3. Create a reference in the map to download the whole PDF file
But I'm not satisfied with that, because I still have to do 2 generations instead of just 1. Is there a better way to do this?
However, I am getting multiple requests for a way to download the entire manual (all contents).
The only way I can think to do this is:
1. Generate the webhelp Responsive, as normal
2. Also generate a PDF
3. Create a reference in the map to download the whole PDF file
But I'm not satisfied with that, because I still have to do 2 generations instead of just 1. Is there a better way to do this?
Re: Save entire manual to PDF
Hi,
I'm afraid that, currently, the only way to generate PDF for the WbHelp output is the one that you already found.
We have an improvement request logged in our internal tracking system to make it possible to generate PDF on the fly for the WebHelp output.
Our development team will analyze the issue to see if they could implement an improvement in a future version of oXygen.
We will notify this thread when/if something will be implemented regarding this.
Best Regards,
Costin
I'm afraid that, currently, the only way to generate PDF for the WbHelp output is the one that you already found.
We have an improvement request logged in our internal tracking system to make it possible to generate PDF on the fly for the WebHelp output.
Our development team will analyze the issue to see if they could implement an improvement in a future version of oXygen.
We will notify this thread when/if something will be implemented regarding this.
Best Regards,
Costin
Costin Sandoi
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support
Re: Save entire manual to PDF
Hi,
Thank you for your feedback and these suggestions.
I have added your comments to the improvement request from our issue tracking tool.
Regards,
Ionela
Thank you for your feedback and these suggestions.
I have added your comments to the improvement request from our issue tracking tool.
Regards,
Ionela
Ionela Istodor
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support
Re: Save entire manual to PDF
Hello,
Unfortunately, there is no progress so far and it seems there are no plans to include this feature in the close future, as it is considered only for the long term development.
We will notify this thread when / if this feature will get implemented.
Best Regards,
Costin
Unfortunately, there is no progress so far and it seems there are no plans to include this feature in the close future, as it is considered only for the long term development.
We will notify this thread when / if this feature will get implemented.
Best Regards,
Costin
Costin Sandoi
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support
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Re: Save entire manual to PDF
Post by chrispitude »
Hi Kristine,
We have a similar need, but this is a tricky and situation-dependent problem. Even if I had a magic wand that would implement the enhancement in Oxygen, I don't know how I would want it to work.
For example,
We have a similar need, but this is a tricky and situation-dependent problem. Even if I had a magic wand that would implement the enhancement in Oxygen, I don't know how I would want it to work.
For example,
- How would you specify the CSS for the PDFs in this hybrid transformation?
- Do you want one massive PDF for everything, individual PDFs for each "manual" section, or something in-between?
- What if you need different CSS parameters or different DITAVAL conditions for each book in the online help collection?
- How do you specify where in the output directory each PDF goes?
- How would you reference the PDF from the top-level map to make it accessible from navigation?
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