{"id":33,"date":"2017-04-04T10:07:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T10:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/?p=33"},"modified":"2017-04-04T10:07:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T10:07:24","slug":"customizing-db-doc-html-and-chm-report-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/2017\/04\/04\/customizing-db-doc-html-and-chm-report-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Customizing DB Doc HTML and CHM report templates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DB Doc<\/a> HTML and CHM reports share the same templates. \u00a0The report is generated by means of a Pascal-like scripting engine, so every single element is customizable. \u00a0The DB Doc help file<\/a> contains a class reference for every schema element.<\/p>\n

To edit the template, click on the Edit<\/strong> button next to the script file name value.<\/p>\n

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This brings up the script editor, which you can modify.<\/p>\n

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The script runs roughly in this order of procedures:<\/p>\n

Main<\/strong> > CopyTemplateFiles<\/strong> > CreateHTMLPages<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Main<\/strong> procedure sets up some global values for the script, and also sets up the output files depending on whether it is generating a HTML or CHM file.<\/p>\n

The CopyTemplateFiles<\/strong>\u00a0procedure copies the icons and stylesheets from the DB Doc template folder into the selected HTML output folder. \u00a0If you want to modify the default icons, just replace the image files in the DB Doc images template folder (e.g.\u00a0C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Yohz Software\\DB Doc\\template\\images\\). \u00a0 The HTML and CHM outputs use only the 16×16 and 32×32 images.<\/p>\n

The main work is performed in the CreateHTMLPages<\/strong> procedure. \u00a0This procedure creates the individual schema elements pages by calling the relevant procedures. \u00a0To generate the pages for each type of schema element, there are usually 3 steps:<\/p>\n