Define a centralized coloring scheme for highlighting conditional text

You can configure IXIASOFT CCMS to display the conditional text in different colors and styles in Author mode and in a PDF output generated without selecting a ditaval.

Instead of each user configuring a personalized profiling color scheme for oXygen XML Editor (or Author) in Window > Preferences, you can define a scheme in the Content Store which automatically becomes available to IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop instances which have never been configured with a profiling color scheme. If users have defined profiling styles for their CCMS Desktop (or have had a previously defined style), then the profiling styles defined in the Content Store are ignored by their CCMS Desktop.

A template for defining the profiling color scheme is available in the system > oxygen_cfg collection. You can build the color scheme using the code in the template; however, it is recommended that you define the scheme in the Preferences dialog box and then export it for use in CCMS.

If the profiling colors and styles are not visible in Author mode, click Profiling/Conditional Text toolbar menu and then click Show Profiling Colors and Styles.

Note: This can be applied within a Hosted environment, but only within a test server.

To define the color scheme for conditional text:

  1. Open Window > Preferences.
  2. In the left pane, go to oXygen XML Editor (or oXygen XML Author) > Editor > Edit Modes/Pages > Author > Profiling/Conditional Text > Colors and Styles.
  3. In the Colors and Styles pane, import your conditions from a ditaval file or create them as required.
  4. Click a profiling attribute value and click Edit.
  5. Define the style as desired and click OK.
  6. Repeat for each profiling attribute value as required.
  7. Export the global options for oXygen XML Editor:
    1. In the left pane, click oXygen XML Editor (or oXygen XML Author).
    2. Click Export Global Options
    3. Save to your local disk.
  8. Open the TEXTML Administration perspective by clicking the TEXTML Administration shortcut on the tool bar. If the shortcut is not displayed, follow these steps:
    1. Select Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other
    2. Click TEXTML Administration.
    3. Click Open.
  9. In the TEXTML Administration view, double-click the server. If your server is not displayed in the view, you must add it to the view.
  10. When the Connect as dialog opens, type your username and password and click OK.
  11. Double-click the name of your Content Store to open a connection to it.
  12. Expand the Content Store's Repository node and browse to /system/oxygen_cfg/ to locate the oxygen.default.options.xml file.
  13. Right-click oxygen.default.options.xml and click Check Out.
  14. Double-click the file to open it in the XML editor area.
    If this is the first time you have opened this file, you will see that it contains an example of a defined color scheme for a profiling attribute value.
  15. Open the file containing the exported global options.
    The profiling color scheme is defined inside the <profilingAttributeStyle-array> element.
  16. Copy the contents of the <profilingAttributeStyle-array> element.
  17. In the oxygen.default.options.xml file, replace the existing contents by pasting the new contents into the <profilingAttributeStyle-array> element.
  18. Save, close, and check in the oxygen.default.options.xml file.
  19. Inform users of the changes and request that they close and reopen their CCMS Desktop to apply the changes.