Saved PDF publishing template incomplete
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 1:23 pm
Hi,
I am creating a customized PDF publishing template based on an existing one. This has always worked well with WebHelp templates but now I run into problems with a customization for "DITA Map PDF - based on HTML5 & CSS". I followed the instructions and saved an existing publishing template. However, using the saved template did not work as the original one. On further investigation, I noticed that the saved templates are missing a number of important files. That also shows in the log files, for example:
ERROR AuthorDocumentFacadeImpl$2 - [CH] [ERROR] Error parsing file:/E:/Oxygen/DITA-MAP-PDF-Oxygen/oxygen.css: E:\Oxygen\DITA-MAP-PDF-Oxygen\oxygen.css (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden)
ERROR AuthorDocumentFacadeImpl$2 - [CH] [ERROR] Error parsing file:/E:/Oxygen/DITA-MAP-PDF-Oxygen_colors/oxygen-print.css: E:\Oxygen\DITA-MAP-PDF-Oxygen_colors\oxygen-print.css (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden)
I tried with the "Oxygen" and "Oxygen [colors]" templates.
Original template files
Oxygen installation directory/frameworks/dita/DITA-OT/plugins/com.oxygenxml.webhelp.responsive/templates/oxygen/
Saved template files
Oxygen
notes.css
oxygen.png
oxygen-print.css
oxygen-theme.css
PDF Oxygen.opt
Oxygen [colors]
notes.css
oxygen-theme.css
oxygen-with-colors.css
oxygen-with-colors.png
PDF_Oxygen_colors.opt
My solution was to copy over all the required files from the original templates to my customization.
Kind regards,
Frank
I am creating a customized PDF publishing template based on an existing one. This has always worked well with WebHelp templates but now I run into problems with a customization for "DITA Map PDF - based on HTML5 & CSS". I followed the instructions and saved an existing publishing template. However, using the saved template did not work as the original one. On further investigation, I noticed that the saved templates are missing a number of important files. That also shows in the log files, for example:
ERROR AuthorDocumentFacadeImpl$2 - [CH] [ERROR] Error parsing file:/E:/Oxygen/DITA-MAP-PDF-Oxygen/oxygen.css: E:\Oxygen\DITA-MAP-PDF-Oxygen\oxygen.css (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden)
ERROR AuthorDocumentFacadeImpl$2 - [CH] [ERROR] Error parsing file:/E:/Oxygen/DITA-MAP-PDF-Oxygen_colors/oxygen-print.css: E:\Oxygen\DITA-MAP-PDF-Oxygen_colors\oxygen-print.css (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden)
I tried with the "Oxygen" and "Oxygen [colors]" templates.
Original template files
Oxygen installation directory/frameworks/dita/DITA-OT/plugins/com.oxygenxml.webhelp.responsive/templates/oxygen/
Saved template files
Oxygen
notes.css
oxygen.png
oxygen-print.css
oxygen-theme.css
PDF Oxygen.opt
Oxygen [colors]
notes.css
oxygen-theme.css
oxygen-with-colors.css
oxygen-with-colors.png
PDF_Oxygen_colors.opt
My solution was to copy over all the required files from the original templates to my customization.
Kind regards,
Frank