2020
Table Of Contents
- Conventions
- Getting started with QuarkXPress Server
- The QuarkXPress Server user interface
- Using QuarkXPress Server
- Creating URL requests
- Supported interfaces
- The Dynamic Publishing Process (DPP)
- Getting started
- Using the Web interface
- Understanding rendering
- Understanding logging
- Understanding render types
- Understanding render modifiers
- Using content modifiers
- Using XML modify
- Using XML deconstruct and construct
- Working with indexes
- Working with cross references
- Creating and using hyperlinks
- Using the Streaming Document Provider
- Using administrative request handlers
- Using the QXPSM SDK
- Sample applications
- QuarkXPress Server Features
- Modifier schema (annotated)
- Entities (Modifier schema)
- ADDCELLS (Modifier schema)
- ALIGNHORSETTINGS (Modifier schema)
- ALIGNVERSETTINGS (Modifier schema)
- ALLOWBOXOFFPAGE (Modifier schema)
- ALLOWBOXONTOPASTEBOARD (Modifier schema)
- ANCHOREDBOXREF (Modifier schema)
- ARTICLE (Modifier schema)
- AUTHOR (Modifier schema)
- BNSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- BORDER (Modifier schema)
- BOTTOM (Modifier schema)
- BOTTOMGRID (Modifier schema)
- BOX (Modifier schema)
- BOXATTRIBUTE (Modifier schema)
- BOXREF (Modifier schema)
- CALLOUTANCHOR (Modifier schema)
- CALLOUTBOXREF (Modifier schema)
- CELL (Modifier schema)
- CHILDID (Modifier schema)
- CLIPPING (Modifier schema)
- COLGROUP (Modifier schema)
- COLSPEC (Modifier schema)
- COLUMN (Modifier schema)
- COLUMNFLOW (Modifier schema)
- COLUMNSPAN (Modifier schema)
- COLUMNSPLIT (Modifier schema)
- COMPONENT (Modifier schema)
- COMPOSITIONZONE (Modifier schema)
- CONDITIONALMASTERPAGEREFERENCE (Modifier schema)
- CONTENT (Modifier schema)
- CONTENTPH (Modifier schema)
- CONTINUEDHEADER (Modifier schema)
- CONTINUEDTROWSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- CONTOUR (Modifier schema)
- CONTOURS (Modifier schema)
- COPYFIT (Modifier schema)
- COPYRIGHT (Modifier schema)
- DATAPROVIDER (Modifier schema)
- DEL (Modifier schema)
- DELETECELLS (Modifier schema)
- DESCRIPTION (Modifier schema)
- DROPCAP (Modifier schema)
- EBOOKMETADATA (Modifier schema)
- ENTRY (Modifier schema)
- EVENTCOLSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- EVENTROWSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- FIRSTTCOLSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- FIT (Modifier schema)
- FITTEXT (Modifier schema)
- FOOTER (Modifier schema)
- FOOTERTROWSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- FORMAT (Modifier schema)
- FRAME (Modifier schema)
- GEOMETRY (Modifier schema)
- GRADIENT (Modifier Schema)
- GRID (Modifier schema)
- GRIDLINE (Modifier schema)
- GROUP (Modifier schema)
- GROUPCHARACTERS (Modifier schema)
- GROWACROSS (Modifier schema)
- GROWDOWN (Modifier schema)
- GUIDE (Modifier Schema)
- HEADER (Modifier schema)
- HEADTROWSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- HEIGHT(Modifier schema)
- HIDDEN (Modifier schema)
- HYPERLINK (Modifier schema)
- ID (Modifier schema)
- INDEXTERM (Modifier schema)
- INLINEBOX (Modifier schema)
- INLINETABLE (Modifier schema)
- INS (Modifier schema)
- INSET (Modifier schema)
- INTERACTIVITY (Modifier schema)
- ISBN (Modifier schema)
- KEEPLINESTOGETHER (Modifier schema)
- KEYWORDS (Modifier schema)
- LASTTCOLSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- LAYER (Modifier schema)
- LAYOUT (Modifier schema)
- LAYOUTMETADATA (Modifier schema)
- LAYOUTREF (Modifier schema)
- LEFT (Modifier schema)
- LEFTCONTROLPOINT (Modifier schema)
- LEFTGRID (Modifier schema)
- LINESTYLE (Modifier schema)
- LINKEDBOX (Modifier schema)
- LIST (Modifier schema)
- LOCATION (Modifier schema)
- LOCKTOGRID (Modifier schema)
- MASTERPAGESEQUENCE (Modifier schema)
- MATHEQUATION (Modifier schema)
- MAX (Modifier schema)
- METADATA (Modifier schema)
- MIN (Modifier schema)
- MOVEDOWN (Modifier schema)
- MOVELEFT (Modifier schema)
- MOVERIGHT (Modifier schema)
- MOVEUP (Modifier schema)
- NOTE (Modifier schema)
- ODDTROWSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- ODDTCOLSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- ORIGIN (Modifier schema)
- OVERMATTER (Modifier schema)
- PAGE (Modifier schema)
- PAGEBREAK (Modifier schema)
- PAGEREF (Modifier schema)
- PAGESEQUENCE (Modifier schema)
- PARAGRAPH (Modifier schema)
- PARENTTABLE (Modifier schema)
- PICTURE (Modifier schema)
- PLACEHOLDER (Modifier schema)
- POSITION (Modifier schema)
- PROJECT (Modifier schema)
- PUBLICATION (Modifier schema)
- PUBLICATIONCHANNEL (Modifier schema)
- PUBLISHER (Modifier schema)
- REFNOTE (Modifier schema)
- RELPOSITION (Modifier schema)
- REPEATABLEMASTERPAGEALTERNATIVES (Modifier schema)
- REPEATABLEMASTERPAGEREFERENCE (Modifier Schema)
- RGBCOLOR (Modifier schema)
- RICHTEXT (Modifier schema)
- RIGHT (Modifier schema)
- RIGHTCONTROLPOINT (Modifier schema)
- RIGHTGRID (Modifier schema)
- ROW (Modifier schema)
- RUBI (Modifier schema)
- RUBITEXT (Modifier schema)
- RULE (Modifier schema)
- RUNAROUND (Modifier schema)
- SAVEAS (Modifier schema)
- SCALETO (Modifier schema)
- SECTION (Modifier schema)
- SECTIONNUMBERFORMAT (Modifier schema)
- SHADINGSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- SHADOW (Modifier schema)
- SHRINKACROSS (Modifier schema)
- SHRINKDOWN (Modifier schema)
- SINGLEMASTERPAGEREFERENCE (Modifier schema)
- SIZE (Modifier schema)
- SPINEIMAGE (Modifier schema)
- SPLINESHAPE (Modifier schema)
- SPREAD (Modifier schema)
- STACKINGORDER (Modifier schema)
- STATICCONTENT (Modifier schema)
- STOP (Modifier Schema)
- STORY (Modifier schema)
- SUPPRESSOUTPUT (Modifier schema)
- TAB (Modifier schema)
- TABLE (Modifier schema)
- TABLEBREAK (Modifier schema)
- TABLESTYLE (Modifier schema)
- TABSPEC (Modifier schema)
- TBODY (Modifier schema)
- TCOL (Modifier schema)
- TCOLSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- TCONTINUED (Modifier schema)
- TEXT (Modifier schema)
- TEXTATTRIBUTE (Modifier schema)
- TEXTNODEPH (Modifier schema)
- TEXTPH (Modifier schema)
- TFOOT (Modifier schema)
- THEAD (Modifier schema)
- TITLE (Modifier schema)
- TOP (Modifier schema)
- TOPGRID (Modifier schema)
- TROW (Modifier schema)
- TROWSTYLE (Modifier schema)
- VALUE (Modifier schema)
- VERTEX (Modifier schema)
- VERTEXPOINT (Modifier schema)
- VERTICES (Modifier schema)
- WIDTH (Modifier schema)
- XREF (Modifier schema)
- Using SSL
- QuarkXPress Server XTensions software
- Telegraph XTensions software
- QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Understanding QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Working with QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Starting QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Request handler binding
- Configuring QuarkXPress Server instances
- Managing the cache
- Managing logs
- Using a proxy server
- Generating automatic e-mail messages
- Using other global settings
- Saving a server configuration
- Using custom error messages
- Sending requests from a browser
- The XTensions Developer Kit (XDK)
- Glossary
- Legal Notices
USING QUARKXPRESS SERVER
The form’s method is POST. The user agent conducts an HTTP post transaction
using the value of the action attribute (the URL), and a message is created according
to the content type specified by the enctype attribute.
When you use a multipart HTTP post request, you can include in the request any
files which are required by the rendering process, including QuarkXPress templates,
picture files, modifier XML, and digital publishing assets. For more information, see
“Using the Streaming Document Provider.”
Using HTTP POST with QXP Server Manager
HTTP POST with QuarkXPress Server Manager works the same way as HTTP POST
with QuarkXPress Server (see “Using HTTP POSTwith QXP Server“), except that with
QuarkXPress Server Manager, you must use UTF-8.
Getting started: Web services
The Web services interface is a collection of request classes. You can download the
SDK WSDL class definitions from
http://[server]:[port]/qxpsm/services/RequestService?wsdl (replace
[server] with the QuarkXPress Server Manager computer’s IP address and [port]
with the QuarkXPress Server Manager port number.
These classes can be chained together to form compound QuarkXPress Server
requests. The sample applications (see “Sample Applications“) show how to use these
classes to invoke a QuarkXPress Server command and manipulate the response.
For more information, see “Functions.” In addition to the classes listed there, the
Web services interface includes the following:
RequestService processes QuarkXPress Server requests. This object’s generic •
processRequest() method takes a QRequestContext argument and returns a
QContentData object containing the response. For more information, see the
sample applications and “Functions.”
QRequestContext is the argument you pass to RequestService‘s generic •
processRequest() method.This object contains settings which must be set
once per request. Set all chained requests inside the request context.
QRequest is the base class for all request objects (such as PDFRenderRequest). •
Consequently, all request objects share some common data members.
RequestParameters is a generic class for executing any request and for adding •
dynamic properties to a request.
NameValueParam is a generic class for adding dynamic properties to a request. •
This class is specifically for requests that take a box’s name and/or ID as the
parameter name and the box’s content as the value.
QContentData is the response returned when a request is executed. •
QContentData is a hyperlink that follows the same pattern as the classes above.
QException is the exception class for QuarkXPress Server Manager. Web services •
returns a QException object if an error occurs with any Web service method.
You can use try/catch blocks to handle QException objects.
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