8.5
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Overview
- Changes in this version
- Getting started
- Using the Web interface
- Understanding rendering
- Understanding render types
- Understanding render modifiers
- Using content modifiers
- Using XML modify
- Using XML deconstruct and construct
- Deconstructing a project
- Constructing a project
- Working with pages and spreads
- Working with layers
- Working with boxes
- Working with groups
- Working with pictures
- Working with text
- Working with tables
- Working with sections
- Working with Composition Zones
- Using XSL transformation
- Working with lists
- Working with anchored boxes
- Working with placeholders
- Working with metadata
- Working with hidden text
- Using administrative request handlers
- Modifier DTD (annotated)
- Entities (Modifier DTD)
- PROJECT (Modifier DTD)
- SAVEAS (Modifier DTD)
- LAYOUT (Modifier DTD)
- ID (Modifier DTD)
- LAYOUTPROPERTY (Modifier DTD)
- COLUMNGUIDES (Modifier DTD)
- ARTICLE (Modifier DTD)
- COMPONENT (Modifier DTD)
- SPREAD (Modifier DTD)
- PAGE (Modifier DTD)
- SECTION (Modifier DTD)
- BOX (Modifier DTD)
- METADATA (Modifier DTD)
- VALUE (Modifier DTD)
- TEXT (Modifier DTD)
- INSET (Modifier DTD)
- STORY (Modifier DTD)
- COPYFIT (Modifier DTD)
- PARAGRAPH (Modifier DTD)
- TEXTNODEPH (Modifier DTD)
- TEXTPH (Modifier DTD)
- GROUPCHARACTERS (Modifier DTD)
- FORMAT (Modifier DTD)
- KEEPLINESTOGETHER (Modifier DTD)
- DROPCAP (Modifier DTD)
- LOCKTOGRID (Modifier DTD)
- TABSPEC (Modifier DTD)
- TAB (Modifier DTD)
- RULE (Modifier DTD)
- HIDDEN (Modifier DTD)
- RICHTEXT (Modifier DTD)
- RUBITEXT (Modifier DTD)
- ANCHOREDBOXREF (Modifier DTD)
- LINKEDBOX (Modifier DTD)
- OVERMATTER (Modifier DTD)
- PICTURE (Modifier DTD)
- CLIPPING (Modifier DTD)
- SPLINESHAPE (Modifier DTD)
- CONTOURS (Modifier DTD)
- CONTOUR (Modifier DTD)
- VERTICES (Modifier DTD)
- VERTEX (Modifier DTD)
- LEFTCONTROLPOINT (Modifier DTD)
- VERTEXPOINT (Modifier DTD)
- RIGHTCONTROLPOINT (Modifier DTD)
- GEOMETRY (Modifier DTD)
- FIT (Modifier DTD)
- MAX (Modifier DTD)
- MIN (Modifier DTD)
- LOCATION (Modifier DTD)
- SIZE (Modifier DTD)
- SCALETO (Modifier DTD)
- RELPOSITION (Modifier DTD)
- ORIGIN (Modifier DTD)
- WIDTH (Modifier DTD)
- HEIGHT(Modifier DTD)
- POSITION (Modifier DTD)
- MOVEUP (Modifier DTD)
- MOVEDOWN (Modifier DTD)
- MOVELEFT (Modifier DTD)
- MOVERIGHT (Modifier DTD)
- GROWACROSS (Modifier DTD)
- GROWDOWN (Modifier DTD)
- SHRINKACROSS (Modifier DTD)
- SHRINKDOWN (Modifier DTD)
- ALLOWBOXONTOPASTEBOARD (Modifier DTD)
- ALLOWBOXOFFPAGE (Modifier DTD)
- STACKINGORDER (Modifier DTD)
- SUPPRESSOUTPUT (Modifier DTD)
- TOP (Modifier DTD)
- LEFT (Modifier DTD)
- BOTTOM (Modifier DTD)
- RIGHT (Modifier DTD)
- RUNAROUND (Modifier DTD)
- LAYER (Modifier DTD)
- RGBCOLOR (Modifier DTD)
- LINESTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- CONTENTPH (Modifier DTD)
- CONTENT (Modifier DTD)
- SHADOW (Modifier DTD)
- FRAME (Modifier DTD)
- PLACEHOLDER (Modifier DTD)
- TABLE (Modifier DTD)
- PARENTTABLE (Modifier DTD)
- TABLEBREAK (Modifier DTD)
- CHILDID (Modifier DTD)
- ADDCELLS (Modifier DTD)
- DELETECELLS (Modifier DTD)
- COLSPEC (Modifier DTD)
- COLUMN (Modifier DTD)
- ROW (Modifier DTD)
- HEADER (Modifier DTD)
- FOOTER (Modifier DTD)
- CELL (Modifier DTD)
- GRID (Modifier DTD)
- GRIDLINE (Modifier DTD)
- GROUP (Modifier DTD)
- BOXREF (Modifier DTD)
- COMPOSITIONZONE (Modifier DTD)
- LIST (Modifier DTD)
- RUBI (Modifier DTD)
- Sample applications
- Contacting Quark
- Legal notices
- Index
Overview
Welcome to the QuarkXPress® Server Web Integration Guide (WIG). The WIG describes the
QuarkXPress Server interface and includes sample applications that demonstrate how to
build a solution that integrates with QuarkXPress Server or QuarkXPress Server Manager.
Supported interfaces
The WIG describes two interfaces available in QuarkXPress Server:
• HTTP: Lets you interact with the server using URLs that contain calls or point to XML
files that contain calls. You can write client applications in any language that supports
HTTP requests. For more information, see "Getting started: HTTP".
• Web services: Lets you interact with the server via Web services using the
QuarkXPress Server Manager object model. You can write client applications in Java, .NET,
or any other programming language that can consume SOAP-based Web services. For more
information, see "Getting started: Web services".
To develop a custom load balancer or a custom application in Java, you must have
version 1.5 of the JDK.
To use Web Objects in ASP.NET / Visual C#, you must have the .NET 1.1/2.0 framework
and development environment (Visual Studio).
The Dynamic Publishing Process (DPP)
The Dynamic Publishing Process (DPP) has several stages. You may not need to use all of
these stages every time, but this the order in which they occur:
• Pre-Processing Stage: During this stage, QuarkXPress Server performs any necessary initial
steps, such as creating style sheets, colors, and H&J rules for a new QuarkXPress project.
• Content Loading Stage: During this stage, QuarkXPress Server loads dynamic content into
boxes in the project.
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