This tab appears only when selecting to generate PDF output using the IDIOM FO Plugin and
allows you to choose the FO Processor.
FO Processor configuration tab
You can choose between three processors:
- Apache FOP - This processor comes bundled with
Oxygen XML Author plugin
.
- XEP - The RenderX XEP processor.
If you select XEP in
the combo and XEP was already installed in
Oxygen XML Author plugin
you can see the detected
installation path appear under the combo.
XEP is considered as installed if it was
detected from one of the following sources:
- XEP was configured as an external FO Processor in the FO Processors option page.
- The system property com.oxygenxml.xep.location was set to point to
the XEP executable file for the platform (eg: xep.bat on
Windows).
- XEP was installed in the frameworks/dita/DITA-OT/demo/fo/lib
directory of the
Oxygen XML Author plugin
installation directory.
- Antenna House - The Antenna House AH (v5) or XSL (v4) Formatter
processor.
If you select Antenna House in the combo and Antenna
House was already installed in
Oxygen XML Author plugin
you can see the detected
installation path appear under the combo.
Antenna House is considered as installed
if it was detected from one of the following sources:
- Environment variable set by Antenna House installation (the newest installation
version will be used, v5 being preferred over v4).
- Antenna House was added as an external FO Processor in the
Oxygen XML Author plugin
preferences.
Tip: The DITA-OT contributors recommend the use of the IDIOM FO Plugin to transform
DITA Maps to PDF as opposed to using the standard PDF target in the DITA-OT framework. As
IDIOM is also bundled with
Oxygen XML Author plugin
the PDF2 - IDIOM FO Plugin output format should be your first choice in transforming
your map to PDF. If you do not have a commercial license for XEP or Antenna House you can
transform using the Apache FO Processor.