<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The XML file</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Gaby's documentation" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Printing" HREF="c898.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Architecture" HREF="x906.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="The Python script" HREF="x944.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Gaby's documentation</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x906.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 12. Printing</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x944.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN912" >12.3. The XML file</A ></H1 ><P >The purpose of the XML file is to describe the contents of a notebook window, giving each page a purpose and some widgets.</P ><P >I'll try to talk about each aspect of the xml file but you should really read current plug-ins.</P ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN916" >12.3.1. The tags</A ></H2 ><P ><pages> ... </pages>: everything is enclosed in this tag</P ><P ><page label="XXXX" type="YYYY"> ... </page>: enclosed in <pages> </pages>, those tags describe one page with a label 'XXXX' of type 'YYYY'.</P ><P >The following types are possible:</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >fields: a page with a list to select fields. It can enclose the following tags: <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <name>xxxx</name>: will identify the 'result' in the script </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <selection>nnn</selection>: default selection for the list nnn should be a number or 'all' (meaning every fields selected) it is also possible to select a range of fields starting from the end of the list with <selection type="last">nnn</selection> </P ></LI ></UL ></P ></LI ><LI ><P >records: a page to specify which records are to be printed. Enclosing: <name>xxxx</name>: (same purpose)</P ></LI ><LI ><P > order: a page to specify how to sort the records Enclosing: <name>xxxx</name>: (same purpose)</P ></LI ><LI ><P >misc: a page without a predefined purpose, enclosing different widgets. Enclosing: <P CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" > <widget label="xxxx" type="yyyy"><br> <name>zzzz</name><br> </widget><br> </P > with: <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > xxxx: label before the widget (or for the widget if == label) </P ></LI ><LI ><P > yyyy: filesel (File selection), label, checkbox, entry </P ></LI ><LI ><P > zzzz: (same purpose) </P ></LI ></UL ></P ></LI ></UL ><P >Once again: refer to the existing plug-ins (and to gaby source code) for examples and explanations. (or send me a mail)</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x906.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x944.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Architecture</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c898.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >The Python script</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >