Oxygen XML Author plugin 13.2.0

Author for DITA | 121Figure 72: Edit DITA Ant transformation parametersAll the parameters that the DITA-OT documentation specifies as available for each chosen type of transformation (eg:XHTML) are listed along with their description. The values for some important parameters are already filled in. Youcan find more information about each parameter in the DITA OT Documentation. You can also add additional parametersto the list.Using the toolbar buttons you can add, edit or remove a parameter.Depending on the parameter type the parameter value will be:• a simple text field for simple parameter values• a combo box with some predefined values• a file chooser and an editor variables selector to simplify setting a file path as value to a parameterThe value of a parameter can be entered at runtime if a value ask('user-message', param-type, 'default-value' ?) is usedas value of parameter in the Configure parameters dialog.Examples:• ${ask('message')} - Only the message displayed for the user is specified.• ${ask('message', generic, 'default')} - 'message' will be displayed for the user, the type is notspecified (the default is string), the default value will be 'default'.• ${ask('message', password)} - 'message' will be displayed for the user, the characters typed will bereplaced with a circle character.• ${ask('message', password, 'default')} - Same as above, default value will be 'default'.• ${ask('message', url)} - 'message' will be displayed for the user, the type of parameter will be URL.• ${ask('message', url, 'default')} - Same as above, default value will be 'default'.The Filters TabIn the scenario Filters tab you can add filters to remove certain content elements from the generated output.