Re: [xilize-users] Conditional output

[Andy S. <an...@ru...>]

On Saturday 14 July 2007 04:37, Patrick Wright wrote:
> I've written our user's guide using Xilize, and using Flying Saucer,
> can generate PDF from that. FS uses CSS to control all layout and
> formatting, and for PDF output, restricts itself to CSS marked as
> "print" media.
>
> I'd like to have two different versions, one in size A4 and one in US
> Letter. The page size is specified by CSS, which is either embedded or
> linked in. Question is, how could I create two different versions of
> the same doc where only one value (a CSS string) changes? Can I
> somehow pass in variables to replace during generation?

I took this as an opportunity to extend the Xilize documentation.

See http://xilize.sourceforge.net/HowTo/index.html

The section titled "using system properties to control output" might be a 
solution for you.  Let me know if it's not clear or doesn't help.  (I'm not 
entirely clear on what you need.)

Andy