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Modifier XTensions software supports both GET and POST functionality.
Modifier XTensions software supports XML containing code that uses Unicode
UTF-8 and UTF-16 encodings. Use the
encoding attribute of the XML declaration
to specify an encoding, as you would with any other XML file.
Modifier XTensions software adds a
Modifier pane to the Preferences dialog
box
(QuarkXPress Server Þ Preferences). For more information, see “Server
preferences” in Chapter 2, “The QuarkXPress Server user interface.”
USING MODIFIER XTENSIONS SOFTWARE
To use Modifier XTensions software:
1 Create a QuarkXPress project. Note the IDs or names of any text and picture
boxes you want to manipulate.
2 Upload the project to the QuarkXPress Server document pool.
3 Create XML that describes the changes you want, as described in “Creating XML
for Modifier XTensions software” below.
4 Send the XML to the server in one of the following ways:
• Put the XML in a file on the server and then use a URL to point to the file,
as follows:
http:// server:port/namespace/path/projectname ?modify=file: absolute
path to XML file on server
• Put the XML in the URL, as follows:
http:// server:port/namespace/path/projectname ?modify= XML string
Clients can also send XML in the form of a POST request.
CREATING XML FOR MODIFIER XTENSIONS SOFTWARE
All XML used with Modifier XTensions software uses the DTD presented at the
end of this section. In general, the structure for addressing items in a particular
layout is as follows:
<PROJECT>
<LAYOUT LAYOUTNAME="
[name of layout] ">
<
[Item being addressed] >
<
[Parameters of item] >
</
[Item being addressed] >
</LAYOUT>
</PROJECT>
The following subsections explain in more detail how to use this structure.
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