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it11-Visitor
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June 19, 2015
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Print Compose multiple XML files into one PDF?

Fellow Forum Members,

Is it possible in Arbortext Editor 6.1 to use the Print Compose feature for the task of printing 150 separate XML files into a single PDF in a batch mode process? The idea I have is to code a XML file that will list all of the XML files in the order I want and here is where I need help. How can I direct the Print Compose tool to print all of the XML files in a batch mode by using such a XML list file?  Any opinion on how I can accomplish this will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

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ggrosso11-Visitor
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June 19, 2015

Hi Ivan,

This sounds like the sort of thing which is typically handled by creating a top-level XML file which references the 150 other files via XML Include or file references. This requires that the top-level tag in your included files is allowed (in context) within some tag in your including document. This may require a small amount of DTD/XML Schema work. Or the 150 files could be saved as fragments with their top-level tag removed. One way to create such fragments is to select everything except the top-level tag and Select Entities > Create File Entity from Selection.

Is this along the right lines, or did I misunderstand your situation?

Best regards,

Gary Grosso

Oberon Technologies Inc

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    JeffStevenson1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    June 19, 2015

    If this is something that you need to do regularly, I suggest Gary's first approach of modifying your Schema/DTD to support a top-level XML file (map?) that references the XML that you need to publish. Then you can use File References (xincludes) to reference the other XML files.

    -Jeff

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