On 02/14/2011 06:33 PM, Roy MacLean wrote: > I added a <property> to my custom .xxe file, to pick up a custom XSL > file (as described in the Configuration guide).
Let's suppose your custom .xxe file contains a customization of the stock DITA *bookmap* configuration. > > Initially this was at the end of the file. > > <property name="dita.toPS.transform" url="true">xsl/custom2fo.xsl</property> > > This worked ok. The shift-About dialog showed the parameter setting. > > > > However, I then moved the <property> element to the start of the file, > before the <detect>, and it stopped working. > > That is, in the Shift-About dialog, the parameter had disappeared. > > > > Moving the <property> element back to the end of the file did not make > it work again – or indeed anything else that I tried (such as renaming > the .xxe file). > > > > I’m confused (not unusual) – any ideas what I’m doing wrong. The xsl > file is fine, as I’ve used it with standalone ditac. > > The order of the <property> configuration element relatively to other configuration elements such as <detect> is not significant. My guess is that when you select "Help|About" (while pressing Shift) and you see a "dita.toPS.transform" system property, it's because you have opened a DITA bookmap in XXE before doing that. And when when you select "Help|About" (while pressing Shift) and you don't see a "dita.toPS.transform" system property, it's because you didn't open a DITA bookmap in XXE before doing that. In a nutshell, the <property> configuration element adds a system property to the Java runtime only after the configuration file containing <property> has been actually associated to a document opened in XXE. --- PS: It's also possible to specify <property> configuration elements in the customize.xxe configuration file (if you have one). customize.xxe contains settings which are not necessarily related to a specific document type. See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/bindings_generic.html -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
