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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Generating an XML file from a DTD </h1> |
| <div><div class="skipspace"><p>You can create an XML file from a DTD file. You can then further |
| customize that file in the XML editor. Generating an XML file from a |
| DTD can be useful if you want to quickly create an XML file that is based |
| on your DTD file.</p> |
| <p>The following instructions were written for the Resource |
| perspective, but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p> |
| <p>To |
| create an XML file from a DTD file follow these steps:</p> |
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| <ol><li class="skipspace"><span>In the Navigator view, right-click the DTD file that you want to |
| work with.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>From its pop-up menu click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Generate</span> > <span class="uicontrol">XML File</span></span>.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Select a project or folder to contain the XML file and type a name |
| for it.</span> The name of the file must end in <kbd class="userinput">.xml</kbd>.</li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Select the <span class="uicontrol">Root element</span> of the XML file.</span> The root element of an XML file is the element that contains all other |
| elements in that file. All the elements that you have defined in the DTD will |
| be shown in the<span class="uicontrol">Root element</span> list.</li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Select from the following content options: </span><ul><li><span class="uicontrol">Create optional attributes</span> - Both mandatory |
| and optional attributes will be generated. </li> |
| <li><span class="uicontrol">Create optional elements</span> - Both mandatory and |
| optional elements will be generated. </li> |
| <li><span class="uicontrol">Create first choice of required choice</span> - |
| The first option of a required choice will be generated in your XML file.</li> |
| <li><span class="uicontrol">Fill elements and attributes with data</span> - any |
| elements and attributes generated will be filled with sample data.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>If you do not select any of these options, then only the minimum |
| amount of content required for the XML file will be created.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Specify the <span class="uicontrol">Public ID</span> or <span class="uicontrol">System |
| ID</span>.</span> You do not need to specify both. If you do, the |
| Public ID will be used before the System ID. .</li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span>.</span></li> |
| </ol> |
| <div class="skipspace"><p>The XML file appears in the Navigator view and, by default, automatically |
| opens in the XML source page editor. The XML source page editor offers limited |
| functionality compared to the XML editor, so before editing the file, you |
| should close it, then right-click the file in the Navigator view and click <span class="uicontrol">Open |
| With > XML Editor</span> to open the file in the XML editor. </p> |
| <p>To |
| make the XML editor the default editor for XML files, select <span class="uicontrol">Window |
| > Preferences > Workbench > File Associations</span>, then select <span class="uicontrol">*.xml</span> and <span class="uicontrol">XML |
| Editor</span> from the Associated Editors list. Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span>. </p> |
| <p>The |
| XML file will only contain the selected root element and any elements or attributes |
| contained in the root element. You can now add elements, attributes, entities, |
| and notations to the XML file, however, they must follow the rules established |
| in the DTD that you used to create the XML file.</p> |
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| <div><p><b class="relconceptshd">Related concepts</b><br /> |
| <a href="../topics/cwxmledt.html" title="The XML editor is a tool for creating and viewing XML files">XML editor</a><br /> |
| </p> |
| <p><b class="reltaskshd">Related tasks</b><br /> |
| <a href="../topics/tcretxml.html" title="You can create a new empty XML file, which you can then edit in the XML editor.">Creating an XML file from scratch</a><br /> |
| <a href="../topics/tcrexxsd.html" title="Generating an XML file from an XML schema"></a><br /> |
| <a href="../topics/txedttag.html" title="Editing XML files"></a><br /> |
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