Hi, Thanks very much. I am still evaluating xxe and I like it.
But I need to use method B to give a professional look to the front pages and to customise the headers and footers. But I don't want to do it. Does your company provides supports for that type of work? Or could you advise me for another company? Regards Raphael Cotty On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 20:06 +0100, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Raphael Cotty wrote: > > I am evaluating xxe using DITA framework and I am so far very impress by > > how fast I manage to work with it. > > > > I am wondering how I can customise the front page of the pdf > > transformation. > > I'd like to add the logo of the company for example. > > > > --> Easy, document-specific, method: > > Don't give your DITA map a title attribute or child element. Instead > write a topic which will act as a front page and then reference this > topic in the first topicref of your map. > > > > --> Generic methods. Require some expertise. > > XMLmind XML Editor (and also XMLmind XSL Utilty) integrates XMLmind DITA > Converter. > > Therefore answering your question involves two steps: > > [1] Write some code which customizes the front page. > [2] Force XMLmind XML Editor to take in account your customization. > > There are two ways to do that: > > Method A > -------- > > [1] Write a custom front page in XSL-FO (attached file may be used as an > example). Let's call this file C:\temp\font_page.fo. > > [2] Open your DITA map (or bookmap), then select Options|Preferences, > "Customize Configuration" | "Change Document Conversion Parameters" > > [3] Select "Convert to PDF, Postcript". > > [4] Add parameter: > > title-page > > with value: > > file:///temp/font_page.fo > > [5] Convert your DITA map to PDF. Note that, for this to work, your DITA > map must *also* have a title attribute or child element (which is used > in running headers). > > References: > > http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/_distrib/doc/manual/xsltParams.html#xsltParams__title-page > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.part.ConversionParametersEditor.html > > -------- > Method B > -------- > > [1] Customize the stock DITA configuration as explained in XMLmind XML > Editor - Configuration and Deployment, Customizing an existing > configuration, Customizing the XSLT style sheets used in the Convert > Document submenu > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/customize_xslt.html > > [2] Your customization mainly consists in a fo.xsl ``driver'' file, > which generates a more elaborate front page out of the title and > metadata of the DITA map. > > The principle of this fo.xsl ``driver'' file is explained in > XMLmind DITA Converter Manual, Customizing the output of XMLmind DITA > Converter, Simple customization, Customizing the look of the PDF files > generated by ditac > > http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/_distrib/doc/manual/manual-6.html#customAttributeSet > > [3] In your case, the fo.xsl ``driver'' file must override some of the > XSLT2 templates found in > XXE_install_dir/addon/config/dita/xsl/fo/ditac_titlePage.xsl > > You need to read and understand the contents of ditac_titlePage.xsl in > order to implement your fo.xsl ``driver'' file. > > Method A and B are pretty complex (B much more than A) but please keep > in mind that they are generally implemented by XML/DITA/XSL experts who > are paid to do that. I mean, unfortunately method A and B are out of the > reach of a technical writer. > > > > --- > PS: See also "Customization Service" -- > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/customization_service.html > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/attachments/20100325/0e6ee077/attachment.htm
