Hi, Hussein: Thank you _so_ much for providing the attached example! It helped me see what I was doing wrong. Now my files load with thumbnails showing perfectly!
All the best for a happy new year... Pierce Hussein Shafie wrote: > Pierce Tyler wrote: >> Hello: >> >> I have been reading the archives about how to configure XXE to have >> thumbnails always on. In particular, I have been reading: >> >> http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/2005-November/003485.html >> >> >> But I am running into problems and can't seem to get this to work. I >> will explain the steps I have used. And if someone has the time to >> notice what I am doing wrong I would greatly appreciate it! >> >> 1. From XXE, use Options > Install Add-ons >> 2. Select "A customized configuration for the DocBook DTD" >> 3. This installs a directory called "custom_docbook_config" in the >> following location on Windows 2000/XP: >> >> %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application >> Data\XMLmind\XMLeditor\addon\ >> >> 4. Attempt to open ...\addon\custom_docbook_config\mydocbook.xxe >> 5. Windows thinks this is a .zip file--which can't be edited >> 6. XXE won't open this file >> 7. So I use the NoteTab Light text editor to open mydocbook.xxe >> 8. Inside the file mydocbook.exe, I find the following at the top of >> the file: >> >> <include location="xxe-config:docbook/docbook.xxe"/> >> >> <!-- Discard this CSS --> >> <css name="Show info about included elements"/> >> >> <!-- Customize the normal CSS --> >> <css name="DocBook" location="mydocbook.css" /> >> >> 9. After reading the mailing list instructions from 2005-November, I >> believe I am supposed to insert the following information in this file: >> >> <css name="DocBook" >> location="xxe-config:docbook/css/docbook.css" >> alternate="true" /> >> <css name="Images displayed as thumbnails" >> location="xxe-config:docbook/css/thumbnails.css" >> alternate="false" /> >> >> 10. But I am not sure where to insert it. Do I replace the <!-- >> Discard this CSS --> and <!-- Customize the normal CSS --> >> information both? >> 11. I tried several different combinations, and nothing seemed to work >> 12. I say "didn't work" because I expected to restart XXE, then open a >> file with images in it and see the images as thumbnails. But this did >> not happen; the images were regular size as normal. >> >> Hopefully, I am missing something obvious. Any help sorting this out >> would be greatly appreciated. > > I cannot reproduce this problem. I did everything you did and after: > > [1] Adding alternate="true" to > <css name="DocBook" location="mydocbook.css" /> > > [2] Adding the following rule after the former one: > <css name="Images displayed as thumbnails" alternate="false" > location="xxe-config:docbook/css/thumbnails.css" /> > > everything worked fine. > > See attached mydocbook.xxe. > > Of course all this cannot work if you edit DocBook *5* documents. The > above configuration customize the bundled configuration associated to > DocBook *4* documents. > > --- > PS: Professional Edtion users: there is no need to tweak configuration > files by hand to achieve this result. Simply > [1] Select the CSS style sheet of choice using the "Views" menu. > [2] Then use Options|Customize "Configuration|Save Views As Default" and > confirm by clicking OK. See > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/optionsMenu.html#customizeConfigurationMenu > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > XMLmind XML Editor Support List > xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support -- Pierce Tyler Director of Product Support xTuple 119 West York Street Norfolk, VA 23510 tel. 757.461.3022 x103 skype: pierce.tyler email: pierce at xtuple.com www.xtuple.com
