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
version of the QuarkXPress project. You can even create new QuarkXPress projects from
scratch using XML.
In addition, you can use the construct namespace to:
• Create a page based on a master page
• Create a project from XML, using a Job Jackets file as the basis for the project
• Modify text font and style, including OpenType styles
• Apply style sheets and local formatting to text
• Create and populate tables
• Import pictures into picture boxes and specify picture attributes
The DTD used for XML construction and deconstruction is completely Unicode-compliant,
making it ideal for use in international publishing. Furthermore, the use of this DTD
ensures that the schema of XML output created by Constructor does not change when
server preferences change. For more information, see "Modifier DTD (annotated)."
Some minor QuarkXPress features are not available through the Modifier DTD. However,
this DTD represents the majority of all user-editable aspects of a QuarkXPress project.
The deconstruct namespace/request no longer exists. If you try to use it in this version of
QuarkXPress Server, an error is returned.
Deconstructing a project
The xml namespace returns an XML representation of the target project. To use this
namespace, use a URL like the following:
http://QXPServer8:8080/xml/project1.qxp
When you use the xml namespace, QuarkXPress Server returns an XML file that represents
the deconstructed project. This XML file adheres to the Modifier DTD (see "Modifier DTD
(annotated)").
An XML file that represents a deconstructed project does not contain all of the information
necessary to reconstruct the project. The definitions of the project's resources (such as style
sheets, colors, and master page definitions) are stored in a Job Jackets file. For example,
you can apply a style sheet to a paragraph by indicating the style sheet’s name, like so:
<PARAGRAPH PARASTYLE="BodyText">
<RICHTEXT>The sun has risen.</RICHTEXT>
</PARAGRAPH>
The above information is included in the deconstructed project’s XML file. The definition
of the “BodyText” style sheet, however, is stored in the Job Jackets file.
The URL of a deconstructed Job Jackets file is indicated by the PROJECT@JOBJACKET
attribute. If you need access to new colors, style sheets, master pages, or other resources,
add them to the Job Jackets file indicated by this URL.
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