Re: [docbook-apps] Is there any way to control what level a page break occurs at for webhelp?

[Peter Desjardins <peter.desjardins.us@gmail.com>]

Try adjusting the chunk.section.depth parameter. I set mine to two.

  <xsl:param name="chunk.section.depth" select="2"></xsl:param>

Other chunking parameters:

  http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/html/chunking.html

Peter

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Derek Van Kooten <derekavk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, so I have the following structure to my document:
>
>
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
> <!-- This document was created with Syntext Serna Free. --><!DOCTYPE book
> PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "docbookV4.5/docbookx.dtd" []>
> <book>
>   <title>Help Guid</title>
>   <chapter>
>     <title>Whats New</title>
>     <para>Describe here what is new in this release. Include links to
> sections that reference the fnctionality and some how tos.</para>
>   </chapter>
>   <chapter id="Installation">
>     <title>Installation</title>
>     <section id="Download">
>       <title>Download</title>
>       <para>This section will be used to show how to download the <link
> linkend="Installation">application</link>.</para>
>     </section>
>   </chapter>
>   <chapter>
>     <title>Reference Guide</title>
>     <section id="AP_Vendor_Maintenance">
>       <title>A/P Vendor Maintenance</title>
>       <graphic fileref="images/ap_vendor_maintenance.png"/>
>     </section>
>     <section id="AP_Not_Posted">
>       <title>A/P Not Posted</title>
>       <graphic fileref="images/ap_not_posted.png"/>
>     </section>
>     <section id="AP_Checks">
>       <title>A/P Checks</title>
>       <graphic fileref="images/ap_checks.png"/>
>     </section>
>   </chapter>
>   <chapter>
>     <title>How To&apos;s</title>
>     <section>
>       <title>How To Close a Month</title>
>       <para>Describe here how to close a month. Include pictures, links,
> etc....</para>
>     </section>
>   </chapter>
> </book>
>
>
> So what I have here is a tree that only has two levels of nodes. The second
> level of nodes becomes pages when I convert it to webhelp. I would like to
> have three levels though. So for example, all of our Accounts Payable
> documents would be under a node called Accounts Payable. But, when I do that
> it creates a page for Accounts Payable, then each section under Accounts
> Payable becomes just a section of that page. Now, I dont want that because
> each of those sections under Accounts Payable are going to be really long,
> and I dont want a web page that long. I want a page for each section under
> Accounts Payable.  Maybe a different way of asking is, when I have a tree of
> nodes two levels deep I get a page for each top level node, and a page for
> each second level node. The top level node also shows a Table Of Contents
> for each child node it has. The second level nodes each get a page. But,
> when I go to 3 levels of nodes in a tree, it does not create a page for each
> 3rd level node. Is there way to make it do that????
>
> This example above only has a few nodes just to show the example, but in our
> actual document we have about 60+ nodes at this level, this is why it would
> make more sense to break them up by group.
>
> Thanks.
>