I am using FOP 1.0.
--- On Fri, 23/9/11, Bob Stayton <> wrote:
> From: Bob Stayton <>
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Draft mode: Missing image error affects all PDF builds
> To: "mike 675" <>,
> Date: Friday, 23 September, 2011, 22:30
> Which XSL-FO processor are you
> using? I'm guessing those error messages are coming
> from the XSL-FO processor and not the XSL stylesheet.
>
> Setting draft.mode to anything but 'no' causes the
> stylesheet to load into the XSL-FO file the extra
> page-masters that are needed for displaying the draft
> watermark image in the background. If there are no
> draft instances, those page-masters are never used, so there
> should not be such an error reported. I believe it was
> FOP that checked for the existence of the image when the
> XSL-FO file is parsed, not when the image is used. I
> consider that to be a bug in the XSL-FO processor, not the
> stylesheet. Other processors don't report it.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike 675" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:04 AM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Draft mode: Missing image error
> affects all PDF builds
>
>
> >
> > Using the watermark feature for draft docs:
> > My book has a status="draft" attribute.
> >
> > In my PDF customization layer I enter the following
> parameters:
> >
> > <xsl:param
> name="draft.mode">maybe</xsl:param>
> > <xsl:param
> name="draft.watermark.image">../images/draft.png</xsl:param>
> >
> > Problem: Error messages about missing draft.png are
> now generated when I
> > export *any* book to PDF, regardless of whether a
> status attribute is set on
> > the book.
> >
> > This is obviously caused by the graphic not being
> available in a common
> > folder accessible to all.
> > But I think this is a bug. The errors should not be
> generated if draft mode
> > has not been turned on in the source XML, by using
> status="draft".
> >
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