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arameters let you control the details of how a request is executed. For example,
you can use the
page parameter to create a request that returns only the third
page of a project:
http://ServerName:8080/jpeg/project1.qxp?page=3
You can include multiple parameters in the same request; simply separate them
with an ampersand (&). For example, here’s a new version of the above URL
that returns page three at a scale of 50%:
http://ServerName:8080/jpeg/project1.qxp?page=3&scale=.5
LOOKING UP A PARAMETER
The QuarkXPress Server Web Integration Guide lists the parameters that are avail-
able for every QuarkXPress Server function. To determine which parameters
you can use with a request:
1 Open the QuarkXPress Server Web Integration Guide in a Web browser.
2 Choose Complete API List from the QuarkXPress Server Functions menu at
the top of the page.
3 Click the link for the render type you want or the function you want to use.
(The link might be a dynamic publishing process, a renderer, or a request
handler.) The page corresponding to that render type or function displays.
4 Locate the Parameters row. This row lists all available parameters, and includes
a description and a list of valid values for each parameter.
QUARKXPRESS SERVER WEB INTEGRATION GUIDE OVERVIEW
This section provides an overview of the contents of the QuarkXPress Server
Web Integration Guide
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RENDER TYPES
QuarkXPress Server render types include the following:
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eps: Causes QuarkXPress Ser
ver to return an EPS fi
le.
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jpeg: Causes QuarkXPress Server to return a JPEG image.
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literal: Causes QuarkXPress Server to return the target file with no processing
at all (in other words, exactly as it exists on the server). You can use this render
type to make QuarkXPress Server act like a standard Web server (for example,
to return HTML files).
•
png: Causes QuarkXPress Server to return a PNG image. For more information,
see “PDF Filter XTensions software” in Chapter 4, “XTensions software.”
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CHAPTER 3: CREA
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