Run the IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator in debug mode

You can enable the IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator to run a transformation scenario in debug mode.

The debug mode is enabled through the outgen-init-debug.xml file. If the CCMS Output Generator finds this file when it starts a transformation job, it sets the debugging properties configured in this file. If it doesn't find it, all the debugging properties are disabled by default.

A file called outgen-init-debug.xml.orig exists by default within the CCMS Output Generator data folder. Simply remove the trailing .orig to turn debugging on. To disable debug mode, rename the outgen-init-debug.xml file to outgen-init-debug.xml.back.

Any property set in the outgen-init-debug.xml file will overwrite debugging properties set locally in the transformation scenario. The debug mode sets the following properties:
  • outgen.job.keep.temp="yes": Keeps the CCMS Output Generator temporary job directory (i.e., %OutputGenDir%/temp/<job_id>).
  • outgen.job.keep.topicfo="yes": Returns the topic.fo file and the images in the zip file if you are using a 1.x DITA OT. This property has no effect if you are using a 2.x or 3.x DITA-OT.
  • outgen.job.clean.ot.temp="no": Keeps the DITA-OT temporary working directory (i.e., %OutputGenDir%/temp/<job_id>/temp). This property has no effect if the CCMS Output Generator job directory is deleted (i.e., if outgen.job.keep.temp="no"), since the DITA-OT temporary working directory is stored in the job directory.
  • outgen.job.clean.outputdir="no": Returns the following DITA-OT files in the zip:
    • Configuration/*
    • Customization/*
    • dita.list
    • dita.xml.properties