DITA: Unhiding props attribute in dita-base-module.dcf has no effect

[sfogel]

Hi, all...

Just temporarily, we'd like to be able to show the props attribute in the Modify Attributes dialog box (CTRL-D). We realize that this is used for specialization only, but we've created a migration that uses it directly for now.

I edited the file C:\Program Files\PTC\Arbortext Editor\application\com.arbortext.dita\dcfmodules\dita-base-module.dcf

and set

<attributeoption attribute="props" <b=">dialogHidden="no" screenHidden="no"/>

However, after restarting Arbortext, the props attribute still does not appear in the Modify Attributes dialog box.

Anybody know why? Arbortext version 5.4 M040

Thanks

Steve

[bibach]

Hi, Steve...

Making this change on 5.4 M050 worked for me, though I did it a little
differently. I always try to avoid modifying any of the files
distributed with the software, to avoid issues when upgrading to a
newer version. Editor's Custom Directory feature helps a lot with
this.

In this case, I copied the dita-base-module.dcf file into the
"doctypes" directory in my custom folder, made the modifications to
that copy, then copied the line ending with "dita-base-module.dcf"
from the "dcfmodules/catalog" file to the "catalog" file I had in my
"doctypes" directory.

If this change isn't working, it's possible that your configuration is
somehow bypassing the dita-base-module.dcf file. From within a DITA
topic where this isn't working, try selecting "Help -> About Arbortext
Editor -> Session" from the menus. In the resulting dialog, select
the "Document" tab and look at the value for "Doctype configuration".
This should be the full path to the DCF file actually being used.

-Brandon 🙂