[xep-support] extract page numbers to create index in separate pdf file

[Brian J. Butler]

We do something similar by first rendering our source FO document to a 
work file in the XEP intermediate format with a command like this:
xep -valid -fo source.fo -at work.xep

It is then straightforward to extract page numbers and references from 
the work file and use them to create your index.

Finally, render the intermediate file to PDF with a command like this:
xep -valid -xep work.xep dest.pdf

Regards,
BJB


CRW150 at yahoo.com wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I need to create a main document in one .pdf file and an index for that
>document in a separate .pdf file. I know this has been addressed before
>on this list. I've read all the threads I could find, the XEP
>documentation on intermediate output, and everything I can find
>Googling for "extract page number" and "XEP intermediate". I have no
>problem writing stylesheets to create an index at the end of a document
>when the output is a single .pdf file. But I get lost trying to
>separate them. I don't understand the "big picture". Please tell me
>what keywords I should search for. Or, are there example stylesheets
>available somewhere for this process? I know how to create a file in
>XEP intermediate format, and how to transform that into a .pdf file.
>But I need to see an example of how to run XSLT on the intermediate
>file to split it into two XEP intermediate files (main document and
>index) before transforming into .pdf. The point being to preserve the
>page numbers. Perhaps I am not creating all that's necessary in the .fo
>file before converting it to XEP intermediate format. I don't know.
>
>I hope this makes sense. I would appreciate any pointers to examples or
>information sources.
>
>Thanks,
>Susan
>
>
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Brian J. Butler
BJB Software, Inc.
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