TransXChange Publisher Beta Version 2.0f_1  

(c) 2004 Crown Copyright.
Developed by Kizoom limited. http://www.kizoom.com

27 October 2004

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1. Prerequisites
    
    Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 (or later) 
    Available from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html. 
    
    To check your current Java version
      (a) Open a command prompt.
      (b) Type "java -version" at a command prompt. 
          If you have java correctly installed, you should see a message telling you the version of Java currently installed.
  
2. Installation
    
    2.1. Unzip the publisher distribution into a base directory on your machine.

         You should see the following top level contents.
         
         /TransXChangePublisher-app-2.0f_1.jar
         /documents
         /schema
         /transforms
         /catalog.xml
         /publish.bat
         
         The /schema directory includes the TransXChange XSD schema files - these are used to validate documents
         before publishing them.
         
         The /documents directory includes a sample document you can use to try out the publisher.
    
3. Running the publisher
    
    3.1. Open a command prompt and change directory to the base directory where you installed the publisher.
    
    3.2 Invoke the publisher by typing
    
            publish document_name 
            
        For example, to run the   
    
             publish documents\2.0f\linear.xml
        
        Unless otherwise specified, output is placed in the same directory as the input document
        The file name will be the same with a .pdf suffix, for example
        
           documents\2.0f\linear.pdf
           
                          
    3.3. You can type "publish -help" to see the allowed command values.
    
4. Command line parameters

    The publisher has a number of optional command line parameters

    publish [ [-vosa | -full | -timetableOnly] [-pdf | -docbook] -help]
            transXChange_file [output_directory]
    
    Type "publish -help" for more information.
    
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5. Limitations 

This is a beta version of The TXC publisher and has a number of limitations. 

Please report defect reports and other feedback to schemer@kizoom.com

5.1 Beta 'as is' Status 
    - The publisher has only been tested on a Windows 2000 and XP platforms. 
    - Only a limited set of test cases has been run so far.

5.2 Limitations on current use.
    - FlexibleServices not fully supported  
    - Some other documentary annotations are not included, eg via points    
 
5.3 Planned Further improvements to presentation and usability
    - Addition of Logo.
    - Embedding of supporting docs which are images (Pending minor schema revision to support these better)
     
6.0 Changes in 2.0f_1

    - Support for 2.0f schema
    - Revised layout to follow VOSA form layout
    - Support for separate inbound/outbound
    - Segregate timetables by day type if appropriate  : Monday-Friday, Saturday, Sunday
    - Support for large timetables with page overflow