Hi,

I have been rendering pdf using Idiom FO and the java command, because
I haven't been able to get the ant script to work. I would like to do
this though, and I tried to use the description in the Lone dita
guide. This works well for a single dita file, but not for ditamaps.
When I run it on a ditamap I get the following error message:

The input of topic merge cannot be found. Please check whether the
input message for topic merge is absolute path.

I have no idea what it means, and what I am supposed to check.

Here is my build file:

<project name="sample_pdf2" default="sample2pdf2" basedir=".">
<!-- dita.dir should point to the toolkit's root directory -->
<property name="dita.dir" value="${basedir}${file.separator}.."/>
<!-- if file is a relative file name, the file name will be resolved
relative to the importing file -->
<import file="${dita.dir}${file.separator}integrator.xml"/>
<target name="sample2pdf2" depends="integrate">
<ant antfile="${dita.dir}${file.separator}conductor.xml" target="init">
<!-- please refer to the toolkit's document for supported
parameters, and specify them base on your needs -->
<property name="args.input"
value="${dita.dir}${file.separator}..${file.separator}Dita_Content${file.separat\
or}source_files${file.separator}test.ditamap"/>
<property name="output.dir"
value="${dita.dir}${file.separator}..${file.separator}Dita_Content${file.separat\
or}out${file.separator}pdf"/>
<property name="transtype" value="pdf2"/>
</ant>
</target>
</project>

Any ideas why this doesn't work?

Related question: I also have never seen the _MERGED.xml file that I
have seen should be created, and that others have talked about. It is
supposed to be created in a temp folder. But first of all, the temp
folder only seems to appear sometimes, and sometimes not. Secondly, it
has never contained a merged file when I have run the process. I have
searched all the folders involved. I would really like to be able to
get to this file for debugging purposes.

Regards,

Anders