Ekaterina S. wrote:
Actually, I'm feeling more and more that XSL Utility suits our needs. Currently I'm still in the process of setting everything up, but already now most of the things work and conversion is done much, much faster than with xsltproc. I will continue to investigate.
I'm convinced that a couple of .bat files invoking Java, Saxon (replaces xsltproc), the DocBook XSL stylesheets, FOP (for PDF output) would serve you better than XMLmind XSL Utility.
You don't need to generate RTF, WML, DOCX, ODT, then you definitely don't need XMLmind XSL Utility.
I understand that you cannot answer all questions about DocBook itself (and thank you for answering anyway!), but now I have a couple related to the XSL Utility.
Support is anyway quite limited, even for customers. See our support policy: http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/support_policy.html
In http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/generating_chm_file.html, it's said that "a process command is always executed in the temporary working directory (variable %W)". Is it also so for the transformation step?
The ".bat" file possibly specified in the "Execute process command" field of the "Process" tab (see http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslutil.ConversionEditor.html) uses the %W temporary directory as its current working directory.
The concept of "current working directory" does not apply to any other conversion step, including the transform step.
However this %W temporary working is always created just in case it can be useful.
Is temporary working directory set automatically, or can it be changed?
This %W temporary working directory is dynamically created and automatically deleted at the end of the conversion. You have no control whatsoever over it.
Is it possible to use environment variables in process step?
No, but you can specify a ".bat" file in the "Execute process command" field of the "Process" tab. See http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslutil.ConversionEditor.html
Is it possible to use two modifiers with one variable?
No. See http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/variables.html
BTW, the css problem can be solved (partially) with generate.css.header parameter.
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