Re: DOCBOOK: Altova AUTHENTIC - is now Free

[ed nixon <ed dot nixon at lynnparkplace dot org>]

David Cramer wrote:
> When the license manager app starts, click the "Purchase" button. It
> will take you to a page where you can "Purchase" Authentic for free (you
> have to enter an email address). They'll email you a key.
>
> I'm poking around in it now with a small doc. From what I can tell the
> ".sps" file for docbook (a set of instructions that tells Authentic how
> to present an instance of docbook) isn't written all that well, but
> you'll get the idea--it's a way to create forms/templates for
> non-xml-aware content providers. Does anybody have/know of a better
> DocBook.sps than the one provided? 

I've customized my sdocbook DTD, therefore I can't open any of my files 
in this product. A message window comes up stating that there is no .sps 
file for my document, that the license does not allow source view of 
instances and that I should go to the "stylesheet" application and 
create a new .sps file for my file. I have been unable to find the 
stylesheet application, either on disk in the installation or as a menu 
option in Authentic itself. If I am right, there is certainly something 
authentic about the free-ness of this product but it's not in the name 
or the functionality.

            ...edN