To exclude DITA topics from WebHelp search results using a transformation parameter,
follow these steps:
-
Create a simple text file that will contain your excluded file patterns. Each
pattern must be on a new line. The patterns are considered to be relative to the
output directory and they accept wildcards such as '*'
(matches zero or more characters) or '?' (matches one
character). For more information about the patterns, see https://ant.apache.org/manual/dirtasks.html#patterns.
Example: Suppose that in your project, you want to exclude all files
located in the
resources directory and all files located in
the
topics directory that have a
.bak
file extension. You could create a simple text file (for example, named
exclude.properties), and add the following
lines:
resources/*topics/*.bak
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Set the
webhelp.search.custom.excludes.file parameter to
specify the path to the file that contains the excluded file patterns (for
example, exclude.properties in step 1). The parameter can
be specified in the parameters section of the template descriptor file
associated with your publishing template or in the
Parameters tab of the transformation scenario dialog
box in Oxygen XML Editor/Author.
-
Run the transformation.
