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February 10, 2010
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Add attributes to atict

  • February 10, 2010
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Hello,

I have attributes called desktop, cycle, show etc., in my atict tags. These are currently fed into the XML file through an external transform program. When I try to open the xml file in ArborText after running this transform it shows the following error:

*** Error on line 22 in file Q:\NextGen_3A\Cycle_1\01 For XPP Composition\01 Clean\10-1111-20.xml:
[A11053] Unrecognized attribute "desktop" for tag "atict:add"

*** Error on line 22 in file Q:\NextGen_3A\Cycle_1\01 For XPP Composition\01 Clean\10-1111-20.xml:
[A11053] Unrecognized attribute "cycle" for tag "atict:add"

Since these attributes are not defined in atict it throws up the error. Can someone advise which file should I modify to add these attributes.

Karthik

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    naglists1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    February 10, 2010
    I forget where that file is, but atict supports attr1 attr2 attr3 attr4 etc.
    (not sure how far up that goes). It might be easier (and less fragile in the
    long run) to use those than to add your own. Some, especially attr1, might
    be "reserved" for stuff Editor does out of the box.

    On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Karthik Kumar <
    karthik.kumar@merrillcorp.com> wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > I have attributes called desktop, cycle, show etc., in my atict tags. These
    > are currently fed into the XML file through an external transform program.
    > When I try to open the xml file in ArborText after running this transform it
    > shows the following error:
    >
    >
    >
    > *** Error on line 22 in file Q:\NextGen_3A\Cycle_1\01 For XPP
    > Composition\01 Clean\10-1111-20.xml:
    > [A11053] Unrecognized attribute "desktop" for tag "atict:add"
    >
    >
    >
    > *** Error on line 22 in file Q:\NextGen_3A\Cycle_1\01 For XPP
    > Composition\01 Clean\10-1111-20.xml:
    > [A11053] Unrecognized attribute "cycle" for tag "atict:add"
    >
    >
    >
    > Since these attributes are not defined in atict it throws up the error. Can
    > someone advise which file should I modify to add these attributes.
    >
    >
    >
    > Karthik
    >
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    ClayHelberg18-Opal
    18-Opal
    February 10, 2010
    Hi Karthik--



    The file Paul's referring to is $EDITOR/lib/dtgen/atitag.cf. The atict:
    tag definitions begin around line 1051 (for 5.3 anyway). It looks like
    attr1 through attr9 are predefined, so you might be able to coopt those,
    but it also looks like it wouldn't be hard to add your own (though I
    haven't done this myself, so I can't say for sure that it works).



    Please let us know what you decide to do with this and how it works for
    you. Good luck!



    --Clay


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    ptc-30630121-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    February 10, 2010

    I tried to add my attributes into the atitag file but it does not work. However on the atitag.cf file there are note on how to add the new element but all I need is just add attributes. I did not change attr1 to attr9 rather I created new attributes. I am still getting the error.

    I have attached what original atitag.cf and the one that I modified. If you can guide me it would be helpful.

    Karthik

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    ClayHelberg18-Opal
    18-Opal
    February 10, 2010
    Hi Karthik-



    Unfortunately, it looks like you did exactly what I would have tried.
    Since that didn't work, I'm afraid I don't really have any more
    suggestions for you. Might be worth filing a support request to see if
    one of the PTC engineers can help you sort it out.



    --Clay


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    ptc-29165241-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    February 10, 2010
    It has been my experience that changes to the atitag.cf and/or
    atiattr.cf require compilation of the doctype to take effect. Does
    anyone know for sure if that is still true with XML doctypes?



    Allen


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    jsulak1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    February 11, 2010
    When I've done things like that, I put the custom attributes in the atict namespace:

    <atict:add atict:extra_info="information">added text</atict:add>

    I don't know if that's technically kosher, but Arbortext doesn't complain about it.

    -James
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    ptc-30630121-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    February 18, 2010

    Thanks James,

    I did the same thing and added custom attributes to my atict tag and I am getting unrecoginzed tag error in AT. Upload the screenshot.

    Karthik

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    jsulak1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    February 24, 2010
    Hi Karthik,

    Sorry for the delayed response. I tried doing:

    <atict:add user="mschleicher" time="1254431917" atict:hello="goodbye">

    and Arbortext accepts it without complaint. But if I try:

    <atict:add user="mschleicher" time="1254431917" hello="goodbye">

    Then Arbortext gives the same error that you posted. If you use the atict namespace prefix, do you get the error? I'm using Arbortext 5.3 M040, so they might have locked it down more in recent versions.

    -James


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