[docbook-apps] win32 app converting docbook to PDF
Hello, As a technical writer using docbook some of my clients complained that it was nice to have the format in xml but that they were unsure of the usability of the xml without me to make it happen. They didn't want to contact me for any little change and if I was unavailable they were at a loss of what to do with it. So, I put together a real simple program for windows that runs the xsl stylesheets and FOP to export their PDF document. It includes a java runtime (jre1.4.2) to run the apache FOP (0.94) software and the docbook xsl stylesheets (1.72.0). Anyways, if anyone wanted to try it out feel free, it is a free application and I would not be able to make docbook text without the great community support. There are some great commercial applications out there but I figured someone new to docbook might like to try it. There are some sample docbook files that I was using when testing it. If anyone else thinks it could be useful I could roll up a linux and macosx version too. PS, I do have to figure out how to update the main window if you are running a large job. For example, running a 160page book with a whole lot of screenshots through it will take about 5 minutes and... well.. there is no pretty bar saying it is working hard. Smaller documents can be run in seconds. I am using Realbasic to write it which has xsl transformations built in. Here are some limitations to keep in mind (aside from it being a work in progress :) * modular documents are supported when listed as entities * relative file references must use file:// * a root book element must have an id if the page links are going to work. * currently XML files should be put in their own directory in the Njin folder * docbook 5 is currently not supported Aside from any bug fixes I wanted to add the new FOP support for PDF metadata. I was impressed that I could now include Title, Author and Keywords using fo:declarations. I do not think the docbook stylesheets supports that itself though. The link is http://software.sirkevi.com/download.php?view.12 Sincerely, Shawn Giese - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: FOP: No ImageReader when using PDF as vector format
Hi, I had the same problem and ended up adding image support for FOP. The Jimi image library, which is by default used for processing images in PNG and other formats, was removed from the distribution for licensing reasons. So...: Either a) obtain Jimi from http://java.sun.com/products/jimi/ and Extract the file JimiProClasses.zip from the archive you've downloaded, rename it to jimi-1.0.jar and move it to FOP's lib directory. OR b) obtain JAI from http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/downloads/download.html and follow the installation instructions there. (much faster, but not available for all platforms) On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 00:28, Joachim Ziegler wrote: Hello, Bob Stayton writes in Using the XSLT Sheets that FOP can handle PDF as a vector format: Table 16.6. FO processor supported graphics formats FO Processor Bitmap formats Vector formats FOP PNG JPEG SVG PDF But I get the following error from FOP 0.20.5rc2 [ERROR] Error while creating area : No ImageReader for this type of image (file:/KM/usr/ziegler/LEDA/Tutorial/pdf/Pictures/ArrayOfChar.pdf) My DocBook source is the following: mediaobject imageobject role=html imagedata align=center format=PNG fileref=Pictures/ArrayOfChar.png/ /imageobject imageobject role=fo imagedata align=center format=PDF fileref=Pictures/ArrayOfChar.pdf/ /imageobject /mediaobject Can someone please help me? I've already browsed through the mailinglist archive and the bug reports of FOP, but I haven't found anything. I'm using java version 1.3.1, DocBook Stylesheets 1.60.1 Greetings, Joachim -- Shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DOCBOOK-APPS: multiple graphics in a mediaobject
Hello, I consulted Robert Stayton's Example 16.1. Multiple graphics in a mediaobject and tried: mediaobject id=conceptual_diagram_database imageobject role=html imagedata format=PNG fileref=images/figures/Customer_list.png/ /imageobject imageobject imagedata role=fo format=PDF fileref=images/figures/Customer_list.pdf/ /imageobject /mediaobject But I get the following error: Attribute format with value PDF must have a value from the list BMP CGM-CHAR CGM-BINARY CGM-CLEAR DITROFF DVI EPS EQN FAX GIF GIF87a GIF89a JPG JPEG IGES PCX PIC PNG PS SGML TBL TEX TIFF WMF WPG SVG linespecific . [62] How can I get multilpe output formats with images? If I try and PNG format, nothing appears (using either a PNG or PDF formatted graphic) Considerately, -- Shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DOCBOOK-APPS: multiple graphics in a mediaobject
Hello, I consulted Robert Stayton's Example 16.1. Multiple graphics in a mediaobject and tried: mediaobject id=conceptual_diagram_database imageobject role=html imagedata format=PNG fileref=images/figures/Customer_list.png/ /imageobject imageobject imagedata role=fo format=PDF fileref=images/figures/Customer_list.pdf/ /imageobject /mediaobject But I get the following error: Attribute format with value PDF must have a value from the list BMP CGM-CHAR CGM-BINARY CGM-CLEAR DITROFF DVI EPS EQN FAX GIF GIF87a GIF89a JPG JPEG IGES PCX PIC PNG PS SGML TBL TEX TIFF WMF WPG SVG linespecific . [62] How can I get multilpe output formats with images? If I try and PNG format, nothing appears (using either a PNG or PDF formatted graphic) Considerately, -- Shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS apologies if this is posted twice
DOCBOOK-APPS: link in pdf
I ahve something like the following but the likk doens't appear in the pdf (via fop) screen ulink url=http://jdbforms.sourceforge.net;citetitlehttp://jdbforms.sourceforge.net/citetitle/ulink If that's for html only, is there a way to get a link in a pdf there? TIA -- shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: OpenOffice and DocBook
http://xml.openoffice.org/xmerge/docbook/index.html On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 11:05, Steve Howe wrote: Hello Bob, Monday, January 20, 2003, 9:45:29 PM, you wrote: BS DocBook is already possible in the current release 1.0.1, albeit not BS 'out of the box.' You must install add-on components. Please, where are them ? Could you please point out some link ? Thank you. - Best regards, Steve Howe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DOCBOOK-APPS: ant and website ?
I am happily using ant to build my html (thanks to dpawson http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/ant.html ) but don't understand it's relationship to website. When trying to build a website (to see what it's like and how it's different from chunking my html output), I learned that the website pages need an ID such as webpage id=test1 lang=de.I'm kind of new to this all, so it seems to me like website pages are not docbook pages anymore. My questions are : 1) Is website significantly better than the html produced through reg docbook? 2) Is it possible to build a website site from docbook xml pages by processing them with xsl (to add the webpage id for instance)? I need to produce pdf files too, so I have to stay with and author in docbook. I'm just doing a users manual though so maybe I don't need what a website would have to offer. I just saw the create layout and create website tasks in the ant build file and wondered if I should be using them, why they were there, and if they didn't already build a website from regular docbook xml. Shawn
DOCBOOK-APPS: building with ant
I'm trying to build with Ant and get
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/icl/saxon/StyleSheet
but I do have the Saxxon.jar in my classpath.
I probably don't have my catalog set up properly though. Does anyone know
if an incorrectly set up catalog would give me that error or do I really
have classpath issues?
Also, in the article on ant at http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/ant.html,
It suggests using
pathelement path=../ !-- for catalogManager.properties --
I'm green and don't know where .. is (under the current directory?) so I
put mine in a catalogs directory pathelement
path=${UsersGuide.Home}/catalogs/
Next, when building a docbook.cat for sdocbook, do I just add the things in
the distribution? sdocbookref-custom and sdocbook-custom would be left out
wouldn't they? There aren't any ISO entity sets either. Does that mean
none in the docbook.cat?
Finally, the CatalogManager.properties file has:
catalog-class-name=com.sun.resolver.Resolver
Mine is an org.apache.xml.resolver.Resolver
I assume I need to change this to reflect the apache origin as opposed to
being from Sun
Anyfeed back would be most appreciated.
Shawn
DOCBOOK-APPS: simplified DocBk and XSL
If I use a simplifed version of DocBook ( such as DocBk XML V3.1.5.1.), will I still be able to use the stylesheets at docbook.sourceforge.net? We're moving the userGuide for an open source project from .doc to DocBook xml, and it seems like a simplied version might suffice for our purposes. If I knew it were a subset, I would assume they would work but since it's a 'simplified' version, I would really like to know before doing the conversion. Considerately, Shawn
