Handling multiple PCF profiling files

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September 30, 2012
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I have a feeling that I'm missing something regarding handling PCF files for profiling.

We have many document sets that are created in DocBook and DITA, where each document set has
different profiling requirements.

As far as I can see, the PCF file that defines the valid profiling values has to be
in /custom/doctypes/axdocbook or /custom/doctypes/ditabase (or in some other fixed location defined
in the DCF file).

Currently we swap out the PCF file under /custom/doctypes/ according to the document set that we are
working with.

This is cumbersome. Have I missed something basic here? Just for example, I would have expected
that a PCF in the same folder as the XML file would be used in preference to the PCF file
under /custom/doctypes but that does not appear to be the case.

Any suggestions?

Martin
Kongsberg Maritime
www.km.kongsberg.com

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ClayHelberg

18-Opal

Hi Martin--

You can switch PCF files, out, but the way you do it is a bit indirect.
To make this work, you need to define a function that loads the PCF file
you want to use and returns the ACL doc ID for that PCF document, then
attach that function as a profiledochook, something like this:

function load_profile(doc = current_doc()) {

# doc_open flags: readonly, no warnings/errors, no stylesheet, don't
prompt for doctype

local FLAGS = 0x001 | 0x020 | 0x200 | 0x400;

# check for PCF file in doc directory

local docdir = doc_dir(doc);

local pcfs[];

glob(docdir . $main::PCS . "*.pcf", pcfs);

if (count(pcfs)>0) {

# found one, so let's use it

local pcfdoc = doc_open(pcfs[1], FLAGS);

return pcfdoc;

}

else {

# no special file found, so just load default doctype PCF

return 0;

}

}

# add hook function

add_hook("profiledochook","prof_config::profile_doc_loader");

--Clay

Clay Helberg

Senior Consultant

TerraXML

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mbushby

Author

1-Visitor

And that method works like a charm.

Thanks a lot Clay!

Martin

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ClayHelberg

18-Opal

You're welcome, glad it worked for you.

--Clay

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