January 2013 - oXygen-sdk - www.oxygenxml.com

Installation location of oXygen on Windows.
by Pascal Beutels 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi, We are creating a plugin for oXygen (14.1, 32-bit, windows only for the moment) and want to install that plugin (and all the related files) in the plugins folder. In order to find the installation location of oXygen we found the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\8531-1 278-6363-8538\InstallLocation Can we rely on this particular key? Does it change with a new version (minor, major) of oXygen? Kind regards, Pascal

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User-configurable options for a plugin extension
by Koeser, Rebecca Sutton 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

I'm working on a plugin extension for standalone Oxygen that will have some user-configurable settings, and I was wondering if there is any standard way to handle that type of thing. In particular, it would be neat if there was a way for a plugin to define options to be listed in the global Preferences. My current plan is to build a simple dialog box that with the needed input fields and store the user's input in the workspace option storage, but I wanted to check before I implement it in case there is a better option available. I'd appreciate any suggestions or input. Thanks. ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

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oXygen Users Meetup @ XML Prague
by George Cristian Bina 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi all, I want to invite you to attend XML Prague and the oXygen Users Meetup that takes place in the pre-conference day of XML Prague. The oXygen Users Meetup is a free event but registration is required. You can register online at: http://www.oxygenxml.com/oXygen-user-meetup-Prague2013.html The oXygen meetup is planned for Friday afternoon, February 8, with the following agenda: http://www.oxygenxml.com/oXygen-user-meetup-Prague2013.html#agenda-Prague20… The registration for XML Prague costs 40 EUR (or 100 EURO if you include lunches and the reception) and you can register online at http://www.xmlprague.cz/conference-registration/ The XML Prague conference agenda is available at http://www.xmlprague.cz/2012/12/21/preliminary-list-of-sessions/ I look forward to meeting you in Prague next month! Best Regards, George -- George Cristian Bina <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com

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Author Component 14.2 API will allow multiple editing modes (Text/Author)
by Oxygen XML Editor Support 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hi everybody, When an XML document is opened in a standalone version of Oxygen, it can be edited in three different modes (Text/Grid/Author). Starting with version 14.2 (in a couple of months) the Author Component Project (which allows embedding an Author component as a Java applet in a web page) will also have API to create multiple editing modes for an opened XML document (for example Text/Author or even Text/Grid/Author). Some of the old Java API (the AuthorComponentProvider) was deprecated but will continue to work. The ro.sync.ecss.samples.AuthorComponentSample was updated to use the new API in order to allow editing the XML in two modes (Text and Author). If anybody is willing to try out and discuss the new API, I uploaded an Author Component Sample 14.2 beta project (which has Javadoc and API sources) here: > http://www.oxygenxml.com/userFiles/author-component-sample.zip Regards, Radu Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com

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Setting a StylesFilter through the API
by Michael Anthony Smith 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Hello, Is there a way of adding StylesFilter object to an arbitrary framework via the API, rather than having to manually configure it for each framework independently? If there is not a mechanism for adding StylesFilter object's already, possibly it could be added to the 'ExtensionBundle API class'; here the idea is that a third-party plugin/extension could add a StylesFilter to a 'styles filter chain' that is maintained by an extension bundle API. Alternatively, it might be appropriate to add this 'styles filter chain' idea to to one of the Editor[Page] API classes. The context for this query/request is included as a postscript to this email; this discusses how we have currently managed to get our StylesFilter to be used. If it were possible to add a StylesFilter to an arbitrary document through the 'WorkspacePlugin' API, I believe our 'merge conflict resolver' extension could be provided as an oXygen plugin (without the need for any user configuration of the oXygen preferences). Best regards, Anthony. PS: I am involved in a development of an oXygen extension/plugin that enables 'conflict resolving of merged documents'. Thanks to your previous help we are now able to highlight the 'merge updates/conflicts' between two processing instructions, enable them the available options to be selected, and the currently selected option to be edited. We still have to add some functionality such as 'the ability to accept currently selected content', but this should be straightforward (given what we have already got working). Currently we are using a mixture of oXygen's Author and Plugin SDK APIs, and a manual configuration of the 'document type association' in order to add our 'merge conflict' styling. The following screenshot shows how we are manually updating the DITA 'document type' to add this styling. -- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Anthony Smith, DeltaXML Ltd "Michael Anthony Smith, DeltaXML Ltd "Experts in Information Change"" T: +44 1684 869035 E: anthony.smith(a)deltaxml.com http://www.deltaxml.com Registered in England 02528681 Reg. Office: Monsell House, WR8 0QN, UK

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