RoboHelp 7 and XML output
Can RoboHelp 7 output topics as XML (.xml files) ?
We are researching upgrading to RoboHelp 7 from our RoboHelp
HTML 2002 versions. We skipped the X-series upgrades, but I recall
reading that the X-series supported XML in some way. I downloaded
the RH7 trial version and could not find anything in the Help about
XML. Then it seems that suddenly an XML Output icon appeared in the
Single Source Layouts pane. It was not there previously. I then
could generate xhtml (.htm) files.
We called sales who didn't seem to know and said we'd need a
valid license to ask tech support.
Can someone enlighten me about the history of the X-series
and XML output, and what is actually possible for XML from RH7? And
what you need to do to get the XML Output to appear in the Single
Source Layoutspane? XML Output is not covered anywhere I found in
help or knowledge base, but it seems so huge a deal that it makes
me think I must be missing something.
Thanks for your help.
Hi Peter
Thanks for your help. In the Single Source Layouts pane, I
clicked create Layout, and selected XML Output, and it now appears
in the Single Source Layouts screen. Still have some questions.
1\ Do you know any of the history of what kind of XML support
was offered in the X-series, and if version 7 offers less, more, or
the same support?
2\ Any idea why there is NOTHING mentioned in the RoboHelp
Help if you search using XML or XML output? Even more curious is
when I click the Help button from the XML Output Options box, I do
find a topic called XML Output Options. I wonder why their main
Search tool doesn't find this...
We were hoping to migrate to XML using XMetaL, but Mgt is
balking due to the time and costs involved in conversion and
translation issues. Which is why we may need to upgrade RH2002 to
RH7, so our legacy docs remain pretty much intact. But at the same
time, we want to know what the current RH XML capabilites are, and
are wondering what their plans are for the future, like, will they
offer real XML out to the current major tech writing standard,
DITA. We hope to start authoring new docs only then using XMetal so
we don't take the conversion/translation memory hit.
So yes, our XML questions are deliberate.
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contentMap.get(Parameters.content_id+Long.toString(body));
if (content==null)
debugCategory.debug("Get by Body");
mm.getContent(body);
content =
(ContentAI)session.getAttribute(Parameters.content);
//contentMap.put(Parameters.content_id +
Long.toString(body), content);
file:// pageContext.setAttribute(CONTENT_MAP,
contentMap, myScope);
if (pageName!=null&&area!=null &&
segment!=null&&segment!=""&&area!=""&&pageName!="")
contentList = (Collection)
mm.getContentBySegmentPageNameAndArea(segment,
pageName, area);
if(contentList!=null){
Iterator it = contentList.iterator();
if (it.hasNext()) {
content = (ContentAI)it.next();
session.setAttribute(Parameters.content,
content);
return EVAL_BODY_TAG;
return EVAL_BODY_TAG;
public int doEndTag() throws JspTagException {
current = SUPPLIERSINFORMATION;
pageContext.getOut().flush();
if ( content != null
&& !currentScreen.equals(ScreenNames.CONTENT_LIST_URL)
&& !currentScreen.equals(ScreenNames.CONTENT_EDIT_URL))
if ( !admin ){
// include body?
if
rentScreen.equals(ScreenNames.CONTENT_NEWS_URL)){
pageContext.getOut().println("<h3>" + content.getSubject() + "<br></h3>");
pageContext.getOut().println("<!-- Subject[" + content.getSubject() + "]");
pageContext.getOut().println("OrgID[" + content.getOrgId() + "]");
pageContext.getOut().println("LogoPath[" + content.getLogoPath() + "]");
pageContext.getOut().println("PageName[" + content.getPageName() + "]");
pageContext.getOut().println("Area[" + content.getArea() + "]");
pageContext.getOut().println("Segment[" + content.getSegment() + "]");
pageContext.getOut().println("<!--Body[-->" + "<br>" + content.getBody() + "<!--]-->");
return EVAL_PAGE;
public int doAfterBody() throws JspTagException {
return SKIP_BODY;
public static String shortenLink(String link)
Hi Andy,
The sequence of operations that happen when a JSP page encounters a Custome Tag are
1. Find the class associated with the custom tag from the tld.
2. The set and get methods that u find are for passing the values for the tag attributes that u may need
to pass.
3. The Tag Lib class performs the operation specified and flushes the output to the jsp.
For further understanding ..u can refer to these sites !!!
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tutorial/TagLibrariesTOC.html
http://www.weblogic.com/docs51/classdocs/API_taglib.html#intro
Regards,
Sundhar Subramanian
Andy Ping wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am a newbie for taglib and xml. Today, when I read some source code of a
> website, I found that there is a entry like
> "%@ taglib uri="/tlds/taglib.tld" prefix="myprefix" %>",
> and some other entries like
> "<myprefix:Content area="<%=contentArea%>" />"
> I opened the specifized file taglib.tld and saw a tag entry named "Content",
> its tagclass is com.mycom.presentation.taglib.ContentTag. Again I opend a
> java class file "ContentTag.java" and saw some setXXX methods and doXXX
> methods. I donot know how is the webpage outputed. Can someone give me a
> detailed description about that? I will greatly appreciate your help.
> Some source code segments are listed as follows:
>
> ----------------
> test.jsp:
> ----------------
> ...
> <%@ taglib uri="/tlds/taglib.tld" prefix="myprefix" %>
> ...
> <td>
> <myprefix:Content body="<%=body%>" area="<%=contentArea%>"
> pageName="<%=pageName%>" />
> </td>
> ...
>
> ----------------
> taglib.tld:
> ----------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
> <!DOCTYPE taglib
> PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JSP Tag Library 1.1//EN"
> "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-jsptaglibrary_1_1.dtd">
> ......
> <tag>
> <name>Content</name>
> <tagclass>com.myprefix.presentation.taglib.ContentTag</tagclass>
> <bodycontent>JSP</bodycontent>
> <info>An tag which given the screen and element does the right content
> thing!</info>
> <attribute>
> <name>id</name>
> <required>false</required>
> <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
> <!--type>String</type-->
> </attribute>
> <attribute>
> <name>pageName</name>
> <required>false</required>
> <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
> <!--type>String</type-->
> </attribute>
> <attribute>
> <name>area</name>
> <required>false</required>
> <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
> <!--type>String</type-->
> </attribute>
> <attribute>
> <name>body</name>
> <required>false</required>
> <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
> <!--type>long</type-->
> </attribute>
> </tag>
> ......
>
> ----------------
> ContentTag.java
> ----------------
> package com.mycom.presentation.taglib;
>
> import javax.servlet.*;
> import javax.servlet.http.*;
> import javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException;
> import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport;
> ...
>
> public class ContentTag extends BodyTagSupport {
> private String ......;
> public String ......;
> ......
>
> public ContentTag() {
> super();
> }
>
> public void setPageName(String pageName) {
> this.pageName = pageName;
> }
>
> public void setArea(String area) {
> this.area = area;
> }
>
> public void setSegment(String segment) {
> this.segment = segment;
> if (segment!=null) // && !segment.equals("null")
> {
> this.segment_set = true;
> }
> }
>
> public void setAdmin(String admin) {
> try{
> this.admin = Boolean.getBoolean(admin);
> } catch (Exception _) {
> debugCategory.debug("Setting admin err " + admin);
> }
>
> }
> public void setBody(String body)
> {
> try {
> this.body = Long.parseLong(body);
> } catch (NumberFormatException ne) {
> debugCategory.debug("Setting body format err");
> }
> }
>
> public int doStartTag() {
> if (contentMap == null)
> {
> }
> HttpSession session = pageContext.getSession();
> if (segment==null)
> {
> segment =
> (String)session.getAttribute(Parameters.segment_id);
> }
> if (currentScreen==null)
> {
> currentScreen =
> (String)session.getAttribute(Parameters.currentScreen);
> }
> try{
> StateEngineProxy sep =
> (StateEngineProxy)session.getAttribute("stateMachine");
> ModelManager mm =
> (ModelManager)session.getAttribute("modelManager");
> if (sep == null||mm==null)
> {
> sep = new StateEngineProxy();
> session.setAttribute("stateMachine", sep);
> mm = new ModelManager();
> mm.init(session, sep);
>
> session.setAttribute("modelManager", mm);
> }
> if (body !=0)
> {
> //content = (ContentAI)
> //
> contentMap.get(Parameters.content_id+Long.toString(body));
> if (content==null)
> {
> debugCategory.debug("Get by Body");
> mm.getContent(body);
> content =
> (ContentAI)session.getAttribute(Parameters.content);
>
> //contentMap.put(Parameters.content_id +
> Long.toString(body), content);
> file:// pageContext.setAttribute(CONTENT_MAP,
> contentMap, myScope);
> }
> }
> if (pageName!=null&&area!=null &&
> segment!=null&&segment!=""&&area!=""&&pageName!="")
> {
> contentList = (Collection)
> mm.getContentBySegmentPageNameAndArea(segment,
> pageName, area);
> if(contentList!=null){
> Iterator it = contentList.iterator();
> if (it.hasNext()) {
> content = (ContentAI)it.next();
> session.setAttribute(Parameters.content,
> content);
> return EVAL_BODY_TAG;
> }
> }
> }
> ...
> }
> return EVAL_BODY_TAG;
> }
>
> public int doEndTag() throws JspTagException {
> current = SUPPLIERSINFORMATION;
> pageContext.getOut().flush();
> if ( content != null
> && !currentScreen.equals(ScreenNames.CONTENT_LIST_URL)
> && !currentScreen.equals(ScreenNames.CONTENT_EDIT_URL))
> {
> if ( !admin ){
> // include body?
> if
> rentScreen.equals(ScreenNames.CONTENT_NEWS_URL)){
> pageContext.getOut().println("<h3>" + content.getSubject() + "<br></h3>");
> }
> pageContext.getOut().println("<!-- Subject[" + content.getSubject() + "]");
> pageContext.getOut().println("OrgID[" + content.getOrgId() + "]");
> pageContext.getOut().println("LogoPath[" + content.getLogoPath() + "]");
> pageContext.getOut().println("PageName[" + content.getPageName() + "]");
> pageContext.getOut().println("Area[" + content.getArea() + "]");
> pageContext.getOut().println("Segment[" + content.getSegment() + "]");
> pageContext.getOut().println("<!--Body[-->" + "<br>" + content.getBody() + "<!--]-->");
> }
> }
> return EVAL_PAGE;
> }
>
> public int doAfterBody() throws JspTagException {
> return SKIP_BODY;
> }
>
> public static String shortenLink(String link)
> {
> ...
> }
> }
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I am trying to develop a template for the Request for Quote report generated in Apps 11.5.10. I have loaded the data from the XML output into the template, but I am missing one field - I need the org_id from the po_headers table. Is it possible to use a sql data source (i.e., "select org_id from po_headers_all where po_header_id = [insert header_id from xml data]...") in addition to the xml data source to populate the template at runtime? When you use the Insert > SQL functionality is it static at the time the template is created, or does it call to the database at runtime? I've looked through all the docs I could find, but this isn't clear.
Thanks for any help or suggestions you may have.
RhondaHi Pablo
Thats a tough one ... if you go custom with a data template you will at least get support on the data template functionality ie you have a problem when you try and build one. You will not get support on the query inside the data template as you might have gotten with the Oracle Report, well you could at least log a bug against development for a bad query.
Eventually that Oracle Report will be converted by development anyway, theres an R12 project going on right now to switch the shipped OReports to data templates. AT this point you'll be fully supported again but:
1. You have to have R12 and
2. You'll need to wait for the patch
On reflection, if you are confident enough in the query then Oracle will support you on its implementation within a data template. Going forward you may be able to swap out your DT and out in the Oracle one without too much effort.
Regards, Tim
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