9.2
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Overview
- Changes in this version
- 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
- 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
- Creating and using hyperlinks
- Using the Streaming Document Provider
- Using administrative request handlers
- Using the QXPSM SDK
- Modifier DTD (annotated)
- Entities (Modifier DTD)
- ADDCELLS (Modifier DTD)
- ALIGNHORSETTINGS (Modifier DTD)
- ALIGNVERSETTINGS (Modifier DTD)
- ALLOWBOXOFFPAGE (Modifier DTD)
- ALLOWBOXONTOPASTEBOARD (Modifier DTD)
- ANCHOREDBOXREF (Modifier DTD)
- ARTICLE (Modifier DTD)
- AUTHOR (Modifier DTD)
- BNSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- BOTTOM (Modifier DTD)
- BOTTOMGRID (Modifier DTD)
- BOX (Modifier DTD)
- BOXREF (Modifier DTD)
- CALLOUTANCHOR (Modifier DTD)
- CALLOUTBOXREF (Modifier DTD)
- CELL (Modifier DTD)
- CHILDID (Modifier DTD)
- CLIPPING (Modifier DTD)
- COLGROUP (Modifier DTD)
- COLSPEC (Modifier DTD)
- COLUMN (Modifier DTD)
- COMPONENT (Modifier DTD)
- COMPOSITIONZONE (Modifier DTD)
- CONTENT (Modifier DTD)
- CONTENTPH (Modifier DTD)
- CONTINUEDHEADER (Modifier DTD)
- CONTINUEDTROWSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- CONTOUR (Modifier DTD)
- CONTOURS (Modifier DTD)
- COPYFIT (Modifier DTD)
- COPYRIGHT (Modifier DTD)
- DATAPROVIDER (Modifier DTD)
- DELETECELLS (Modifier DTD)
- DESCRIPTION (Modifier DTD)
- DROPCAP (Modifier DTD)
- EBOOKMETADATA (Modifier DTD)
- ENTRY (Modifier DTD)
- EVENTCOLSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- EVENTROWSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- FIRSTTCOLSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- FIT (Modifier DTD)
- FITTEXT (Modifier DTD)
- FOOTER (Modifier DTD)
- FOOTERTROWSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- FORMAT (Modifier DTD)
- FRAME (Modifier DTD)
- GEOMETRY (Modifier DTD)
- GRID (Modifier DTD)
- GRIDLINE (Modifier DTD)
- GROUP (Modifier DTD)
- GROUPCHARACTERS (Modifier DTD)
- GROWACROSS (Modifier DTD)
- GROWDOWN (Modifier DTD)
- HEADER (Modifier DTD)
- HEADTROWSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- HEIGHT(Modifier DTD)
- HIDDEN (Modifier DTD)
- HYPERLINK (Modifier DTD)
- ID (Modifier DTD)
- INLINETABLE (Modifier DTD)
- INSET (Modifier DTD)
- INTERACTIVITY (Modifier DTD)
- ISBN (Modifier DTD)
- KEEPLINESTOGETHER (Modifier DTD)
- KEYWORDS (Modifier DTD)
- LASTTCOLSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- LAYER (Modifier DTD)
- LAYOUT (Modifier DTD)
- LAYOUTREF (Modifier DTD)
- LEFT (Modifier DTD)
- LEFTCONTROLPOINT (Modifier DTD)
- LEFTGRID (Modifier DTD)
- LINESTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- LINKEDBOX (Modifier DTD)
- LIST (Modifier DTD)
- LOCATION (Modifier DTD)
- LOCKTOGRID (Modifier DTD)
- MAX (Modifier DTD)
- METADATA (Modifier DTD)
- MIN (Modifier DTD)
- MOVEDOWN (Modifier DTD)
- MOVELEFT (Modifier DTD)
- MOVERIGHT (Modifier DTD)
- MOVEUP (Modifier DTD)
- ODDTROWSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- ODDTCOLSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- ORIGIN (Modifier DTD)
- OVERMATTER (Modifier DTD)
- PAGE (Modifier DTD)
- PAGEREF (Modifier DTD)
- PARAGRAPH (Modifier DTD)
- PARENTTABLE (Modifier DTD)
- PICTURE (Modifier DTD)
- PLACEHOLDER (Modifier DTD)
- POSITION (Modifier DTD)
- PROJECT (Modifier DTD)
- PUBLICATION (Modifier DTD)
- PUBLICATIONCHANNEL (Modifier DTD)
- PUBLISHER (Modifier DTD)
- RELPOSITION (Modifier DTD)
- RGBCOLOR (Modifier DTD)
- RICHTEXT (Modifier DTD)
- RIGHT (Modifier DTD)
- RIGHTCONTROLPOINT (Modifier DTD)
- RIGHTGRID (Modifier DTD)
- ROW (Modifier DTD)
- RUBI (Modifier DTD)
- RUBITEXT (Modifier DTD)
- RULE (Modifier DTD)
- RUNAROUND (Modifier DTD)
- SAVEAS (Modifier DTD)
- SCALETO (Modifier DTD)
- SECTION (Modifier DTD)
- SHADOW (Modifier DTD)
- SHRINKACROSS (Modifier DTD)
- SHRINKDOWN (Modifier DTD)
- SIZE (Modifier DTD)
- SPINEIMAGE (Modifier DTD)
- SPLINESHAPE (Modifier DTD)
- SPREAD (Modifier DTD)
- STACKINGORDER (Modifier DTD)
- STORY (Modifier DTD)
- SUPPRESSOUTPUT (Modifier DTD)
- TAB (Modifier DTD)
- TABLE (Modifier DTD)
- TABLEBREAK (Modifier DTD)
- TABLESTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- TABSPEC (Modifier DTD)
- TBODY (Modifier DTD)
- TCOL (Modifier DTD)
- TCOLSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- TCONTINUED (Modifier DTD)
- TEXT (Modifier DTD)
- TEXTNODEPH (Modifier DTD)
- TEXTPH (Modifier DTD)
- TFOOT (Modifier DTD)
- THEAD (Modifier DTD)
- TITLE (Modifier DTD)
- TOP (Modifier DTD)
- TOPGRID (Modifier DTD)
- TROW (Modifier DTD)
- TROWSTYLE (Modifier DTD)
- VALUE (Modifier DTD)
- VERTEX (Modifier DTD)
- VERTEXPOINT (Modifier DTD)
- VERTICES (Modifier DTD)
- WIDTH (Modifier DTD)
- Sample applications
- Contacting Quark
- Legal notices
- Index
Getting started
The topics below describe how to create requests for the QuarkXPress Server Web interface.
For information about the options available in such requests, see "Using the Web interface."
Getting started: HTTP and HTTPS
You can submit HTTP and HTTPS requests to QuarkXPress Server as URLs, either manually
from a browser or automatically from an HTTP client application. QuarkXPress Server
processes such requests and returns rendered content in the HTTP or HTTP responses.
Depending on the type of request, the QuarkXPress Server preferences, and the type of
content returned, the rendered content may be downloaded by the end user, displayed in
the end-user's browser, or saved to a file system location accessible to QuarkXPress Server.
You can write a QuarkXPress Server client application in almost any language that can
generate HTTP GET/POST requests. A QuarkXPress Server HTTP-based solution typically
consists of QuarkXPress Server (running on a server computer connected to a network)
plus a front-end application (usually Web-based) that provides a graphical user interface
(GUI) for end users. The front-end application translates end users' input into HTTP or
HTTPS requests and sends the requests to QuarkXPress Server or QuarkXPress Server
Manager, which processes the requests and returns rendered content.
Dissecting a QXP Server URL
To interact with QuarkXPress Server from a Web browser, use a URL like the following:
http://[server]:[port]/[namespace]/[directory]/[DocumentName]?[parameter]=Value
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[server]: The name or IP address of the computer for QuarkXPress Server or
QuarkXPress Server Manager.
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[port]: The port number on which to contact QuarkXPress Server or QuarkXPress Server
Manager. The default port is 8080 for QuarkXPress Server and 8090 for QuarkXPress Server
Manager.
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[namespace]: Defines what the URL action will be and any parameters and conditions
available to that namespace.
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[directory]: The path in the document pool where the project is stored, relative to the
QuarkXPress Server document pool. To access the root level, no directory path is necessary.
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