Re: [docbook-apps] [ERROR] org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException: fo:flow must contain block-level child

[Feilpe Vieira Silva <fgaucho@gmail.com>]

you are the ones :)

this list is the best place to learn docbook.. everything is ok (for
now) and I“m finally producing my first docs...

thank you all for the friendly support.

regards,

   Felipe Gaścho
   http://schoolbus.dev.java.net


On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:06:35 +0200, Sean Wheller <sean@enbaya.co.za> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sunday 26 September 2004 23:39, Feilpe Vieira Silva wrote:
> > I“m trying to make a modular book, using ENTITY to import all book
> > segments, but the FOP produces the following error:
> > [ERROR] org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException: fo:flow must contain block-level
> > child
> >
> > bellow comes my test documents:
> >
> > BOOK =============================================
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
> >                "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
> > <!ENTITY % bug SYSTEM "bug.xml">
> > ]>
> > <book id="book">
> > <preface id="forward"><title>Foreword</title>
> > <para>A preface.</para>
> > </preface>
> > <part id="gettingStarted">
> >         <title>Preparing the writing environment</title>
> >         &bug;
> > </part>
> > </book>
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > CHAPTER ===========================================
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
> >                "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd";>
> > <chapter id="chapter">
> >         <title></title>
> >         <titleabbrev>Installing the XSLT processors</titleabbrev>
> >         <section id="xsltproc">
> >                 <title>xsltproc</title>
> >                 <titleabbrev>xsltproc</titleabbrev>
> >                 some tips about the project tree
> >         </section>
> > </chapter>
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > several hours trying variations of the above examples....
> >
> > any tip ?
> 
> Feilpe,
> 
> This is not a FOP problem.
> 
> 1. Comment out the DocTypeDecl of your chapter document
> 2. In book document. Change your ent Decl from
> <!ENTITY % bug SYSTEM "bug.xml">
> to
> <!ENTITY bug SYSTEM "bug.xml">
> 
> 3. Then validate your book (I don't know which Parser and XSL Processor you
> use, I suggest Xerces/Xalan.)
> 4. Resolve any validity problems.
> 
> Other ideas not related to your problem.
> - Is there any reason why you use ISO-8859-1. I recommend UTF-8.
> - I suggest placing all ent Decl in a separate file. So your DocTypeDecl will
> look like this:
> 
> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
>                      "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
> <!ENTITY % global_entities SYSTEM "global.ent">
> %global_entities;
> ]>
> 
> This way you will be able to keep all ent in one place for use by all
> documents.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> --
> Sean Wheller
> sean@enbaya.co.za
> http://www.enbaya.co.za
>