OK. Thanks!
Now I'm having trouble getting the tweaked GUI menu actions to become
active. Here's my code:
In custom.xxe_gui:
<!-- include default gui -->
<include location="xxe-gui:app/default.xxe_gui" />
<!-- override the three insert comment actions -->
<action name="insertCommentBeforeAction" label="Insert Comment
_Before">
<context editingContextSensitive="true">
<configuration name="Workday Topic">
<command name="addComment" parameter="before[implicitElement]"/>
</configuration>
<default>
<command name="insertNode"
parameter="commentBefore[implicitElement]" />
</default>
</context>
</action>
<action name="insertCommentAction" label="_Insert Comment">
<context editingContextSensitive="true">
<configuration name="Workday Topic">
<command name="addComment" parameter="into"/>
</configuration>
<default>
<command name="insertNode" parameter="commentInto" />
</default>
</context>
</action>
<action name="insertCommentAfterAction" label="Insert Comment _After">
<context editingContextSensitive="true">
<configuration name="Workday Topic">
<command name="addComment" parameter="after[implicitElement]"/>
</configuration>
<default>
<command name="insertNode"
parameter="commentAfter[implicitElement]" />
</default>
</context>
</action>
<!-- reinstantiate layout -->
<layout label="Document Editor" icon="docedit.png">
<insert />
</layout>
In my "Workday Topic" config file:
<command name="addComment">
<macro>
<sequence>
<command name="insert" parameter="%0 draft-comment"/>
<command name="run" parameter="date /t"/>
<set variable="theDate" expression="%_" plainString="true"/>
<command name="run" parameter="time /t"/>
<set variable="theTime" expression="%_" plainString="true"/>
<get expression="normalize-space(concat($theDate,$theTime))"/>
<command name="addAttribute" parameter="time '%_'"/>
<command name="addAttribute" parameter="author %U"/>
</sequence>
</macro>
</command>
The command works from a toolbar button that I've added. And it works
from the Execute Command window. But the three actions are always grayed
out when I view them in the Edit > Comment menu. What have I forgotten
to do?
-----Original Message-----
From: Hussein Shafie [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 2:07 AM
To: Mark Fletcher
Cc: xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com
Subject: Re: [XXE] custom commands referenced in GUI file?
Mark Fletcher wrote:
> I've been reading over the doc, but I find this a little unclear. Is
> there any way to add a custom XXE command to a default GUI menu? Or
> can you only do that with Java-based commands?
That's right. If you want to a add a command to a default GUI menu, it
must be a command written in Java[tm]. It cannot be a macro command or a
process command.
Here's an example:
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/gui/characters_menu.html
The above example uses standard command "insertString" but it is also
possible to use a custom command declared in custom.xxe_gui as explained
here: http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/gui/command.html
The only way to use a macro command or a process command in a default
GUI menu is to use a macro command or a process command which is
specific to a type of document in *substitution* to a standard menu
item.
Example: File|Print works normally except when a DocBook document is
opened, in such case File|Print converts the DocBook document to
PostScript using FOP and sends the result to the Printer. This is
explained here:
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/gui/contextual_print.html
