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of manual page </a></li> <li title="file-1"><a href="docb_transform.html#file-1">file/1</a></li> <li title="file-2"><a href="docb_transform.html#file-2">file/2</a></li> <li title="Module:head-0"><a href="docb_transform.html#Module:head-0">Module:head/0</a></li> <li title="Module:top-0"><a href="docb_transform.html#Module:top-0">Module:top/0</a></li> <li title="Module:bottom-0"><a href="docb_transform.html#Module:bottom-0">Module:bottom/0</a></li> <li title="Module:seealso-1"><a href="docb_transform.html#Module:seealso-1">Module:seealso/1</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="no" title="docb_xml_check " expanded="false">docb_xml_check<ul> <li><a href="docb_xml_check.html"> Top of manual page </a></li> <li title="validate-1"><a href="docb_xml_check.html#validate-1">validate/1</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div></div> <div id="content"> <div class="innertube"> <!-- refpage --><center><h1>docb_transform</h1></center> <h3>MODULE</h3> <div class="REFBODY">docb_transform</div> <h3>MODULE SUMMARY</h3> <div class="REFBODY">Transform XML to HTML</div> <h3>DESCRIPTION</h3> <div class="REFBODY"><p> <p><span class="code">docb_transform</span> contains functions for transforming XML documentation source code to HTML.</p> </p></div> <h3>EXPORTS</h3> <p><a name="file-1"><span class="bold_code">file(File) -> ok | {error, Reason}</span></a><br><a name="file-2"><span class="bold_code">file(File, Options) -> ok | {error, Reason}</span></a><br></p> <div class="REFBODY"> <p>Types:</p> <div class="REFTYPES"> <span class="bold_code">File = string()</span><br> </div> <div class="REFTYPES"> <span class="bold_code">Options = [Opt]</span><br> </div> <div class="REFTYPES"> <span class="bold_code">Opt -- see below</span><br> </div> </div> <div class="REFBODY"><p> <p>Transforms XML documentation source code to HTML.</p> <p><span class="code">File</span> is a documentation source file, given with or without the <span class="code">.xml</span> extension as <span class="code">Name.xml</span> or <span class="code">Name</span>.</p> <p>If <span class="code">File</span> contains XML code according to a basic DTD (<span class="code">chapter</span>, <span class="code">erlref</span>, ...), the resulting HTML file is named <span class="code">Name.html</span>.</p> <p>If <span class="code">File</span> contains XML code according to a compound DTD (<span class="code">application</span> or <span class="code">part</span>), several files are created:</p> <ul> <li>A cover page for the application with two frames, <span class="code">Name_frame.html</span>.</li> <li>The contents of the left frame and a front page, <span class="code">Name.html</span> and <span class="code">Name_first.html</span>.</li> <li>A bibliography and a glossary, <span class="code">Name_cite.html</span> and <span class="code">Name_term.html</span>.</li> <li>In the case of an <span class="code">application</span> DTD an index is created, <span class="code">Name.kwc</span> and <span class="code">Name_index.html</span>. </li> <li>One HTML file for each file included from <span class="code">File</span>. </li> <li>Also, if there exists a <span class="code">fascicules.xml</span> file where the value of the <span class="code">entry</span> attribute for <span class="code">File</span> is <span class="code">"yes"</span>, the cover page is copied to <span class="code">index.html</span>. </li> </ul> </p></div> <h3><a name="id2258698">Options</a></h3> <div class="REFBODY"> <dl> <dt><strong><span class="code">{html_mod, Module}, Module=atom()</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>A callback module can be used for specifying HTML snippets that should be included in the generated HTML files, see below.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><span class="code">{outdir, Dir}, Dir=string()</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Destination for generated files. Default is current working directory.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><span class="code">{number, Number}, Number=int()</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>First chapter number when transforming a <span class="code">chapter</span> file. Default is 1.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><span class="code">{ptype, unix|windows}</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>For <span class="code">path</span> elements, the specified file path should be presented.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><span class="code">silent</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Silent - no warnings, only error information is printed.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><span class="code">{top, Index}, Index=string()</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Specifies the value of "Top" in the left frame of a front page, which normally should be some kind of top index file for the documentation.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><span class="code">{vsn, Vsn}, Vsn=string()</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Application version number. Overrides a version number defined in the XML document. Visible in the left frame and on the front page.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><span class="code">{term_defs, File}, File=string()</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Use the global glossary definitions in <span class="code">File</span>, which should contain a list of tuples <span class="code">{Id, Name, Definition, Owner}</span>. See the section <span class="bold_code"><a href="inline_tags.html#termTAG"><term>, <termdef> - Glossary</a></span> in the User's Guide. </p> </dd> <dt><strong><span class="code">{cite_defs, File}, File=string()</span></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Use the global bibliography definitions in <span class="code">File</span>, which should contain a list of tuples <span class="code">{Id, Title, Info, Owner}</span>. See the section <span class="bold_code"><a href="inline_tags.html#citeTAG"><cite>, <citedef> - Bibliography</a></span> in the User's Guide.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <h3><a name="id2265879">Callback Module</a></h3> <div class="REFBODY"> <p>A <span class="code">html_mod</span> callback module can include the functions specified below. Note that there is no check that the resulting HTML code is valid. All functions are optional.</p> </div> <h3>EXPORTS</h3> <p><a name="Module:head-0"><span class="bold_code">Module:head() -> string()</span></a><br></p> <div class="REFBODY"><p> <p>Defines a HTML snippet to be included in the head of a document, after the <span class="code"><HEAD></span> start tag and <span class="code"><TITLE></span> tag:</p> <div class="example"><pre> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>...</TITLE> - snippet is included here - ... </HEAD> ... </HTML> </pre></div> </p></div> <p><a name="Module:top-0"><span class="bold_code">Module:top() -> string()</span></a><br></p> <div class="REFBODY"><p> <p>Defines a HTML snippet to be included at the top of a document, after the <span class="code"><BODY></span> start tag.</p> </p></div> <p><a name="Module:bottom-0"><span class="bold_code">Module:bottom() -> string()</span></a><br></p> <div class="REFBODY"><p> <p>Defines a HTML snippet to be included at the bottom of a document, before the <span class="code"></BODY></span> end tag.</p> </p></div> <p><a name="Module:seealso-1"><span class="bold_code">Module:seealso(SeeAlso) -> Href</span></a><br></p> <div class="REFBODY"> <p>Types:</p> <div class="REFTYPES"> <span class="bold_code">SeeAlso = Href = string()</span><br> </div> </div> <div class="REFBODY"><p> <p>When referring to another part of the document, or another document, the XML tag <span class="code"><seealso></span> is used: <span class="code"><seealso marker="File#Marker">...text...</seealso></span>. By default, this is translated to <span class="code"><A HREF="File.html#Marker>...text...</A></span>.</p> <p>This function makes it possible to specify an alternative translation <span class="code">Href</span> of the <span class="code">marker</span> attribute value <span class="code">SeeAlso</span>. For example, in OTP this is used to resolve cross references between applications.</p> </p></div> </div> <div class="footer"> <hr> <p>Copyright © 1997-2010 Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</p> </div> </div> </div></body> </html>