April 2014 - oXygen-sdk - www.oxygenxml.com

Problem with the "insert.cross.reference" action in Oxygen Author 15.2
by Nathan 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Hi, I am modifying the "insert.cross.reference" action in my dita framework to accept a specified format, type and scope attribute as shown in image 1 below. The type and scope attribute work fine but the format attribute is not output when I use this action after my modifications (see image 2). Am I missing any step here? Also, if I have to add these attributes when an xref is created in the Author view by drag and drop (from the ditamaps manager or project view), how would I go about doing it? Thanks! Nathan

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[Ann] New maintenance build available for oXygen 15.2 (2014040317)
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Adrian Buza) 08 Apr '14

08 Apr '14

Dear oXygen users, We announce the release of a new maintenance build (2014040317) for oXygen 15.2 (XML Editor, XML Developer, XML Author). The build number can be verified in the Help -> About dialog box from the application (next to the version number). You can download the new installation kits from our web site: http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html Here you can find the complete list of bug-fixes: http://www.oxygenxml.com/build_history.html#2014040317 You can follow our oXygen release/build RSS feed here: http://www.oxygenxml.com/rssBuildID.xml Please let us know if you encounter any problems with this new build. Regards, Adrian -- Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author Support Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202 Fax: +40-251-461482 support(a)oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com

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Form controls on (simple)table elements.
by Michael Anthony Smith 07 Apr '14

07 Apr '14

We are writing a plugin based addon for oXygen that uses custom form controls to provide a set of alternatives for specified element, text, and attribute nodes. Here, a form control button is associated with each element or text node that has alternative versions, where as attribute change form control buttons are associated with their containing element. The initial testing of this form control approach is producing reasonable results, however when we associate a button with a DITA simpletable element no form control appears. I have looked to see if there is any documentation on the interaction between table elements and form controls, but found nothing that discusses this. Does anybody else have experience with associating custom form controls with table elements? Any insights welcome. Best regards, Anthony. PS: Note that due to a form-control/StyleFilter interaction issue with oXygen Editor 15.1 and 15.2, which will be fixed in the next release, we are currently developing our plugin using oXygen 15.0. -- Michael Anthony Smith Senior Software Engineer DeltaXML Ltd "Experts in information change" T: +44 1684 532 140 E: anthony.smith(a)deltaxml.com W: http://www.deltaxml.com Malvern Hills Science Park, Malvern, Worcs, WR14 3SZ, UK Registered in England 02528681 Reg. Office: Monsell House, WR8 0QN, UK

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Request to enhance the oXygen version detection in a plugin addon.
by Michael Anthony Smith 07 Apr '14

07 Apr '14

A workspace plugin can obtain the version string associated with the oXygen Editor/Author/Developer that it is being run in by using the getVersion method of the StandalonePluginWorkspace object that is provided to it. It would be useful if we could also obtain the build number (and possibly the release date)* from within a plugin, so that its behaviour can be adjusted depending on the build-number (or release date). *The build numbers alone are probably fine, as they are likely to be monotonically increasing, so we can simply test to see if the current build number is greater than a specified build number to determine if it is later release. Example: If a feature of a plugin is known to work with some, but not all patch releases of a given oXygen release, then it would be possible to tailor the behaviour of the plugin to: (1) switch off the feature for oXygen patch releases that it is known not to work in; (2) let the user know why a given feature is not available; and potentially (3) let the user know that in order to get access to the feature they need to get the latest version of say the '15.2' version of oXygen. Best regards, Anthony. -- Michael Anthony Smith Senior Software Engineer DeltaXML Ltd "Experts in information change" T: +44 1684 532 140 E: anthony.smith(a)deltaxml.com W: http://www.deltaxml.com Malvern Hills Science Park, Malvern, Worcs, WR14 3SZ, UK Registered in England 02528681 Reg. Office: Monsell House, WR8 0QN, UK

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