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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Validating XML files</h1> |
| <div><p>When you validate your XML file, the XML validator will check to |
| see that your file is valid and well-formed.</p> |
| <div><div class="skipspace"><p>The XML editor will process XML files that are invalid or not |
| well-formed. The editor uses heuristics to open a file using the best interpretation |
| of the tagging that it can. For example, an element with a missing end tag |
| is simply assumed to end at the end of the document. As you make updates to |
| a file, the editor incrementally reinterprets your document, changing the |
| highlighting, tree view, and so on. Many formation errors are easy to spot |
| in the syntax highlighting, so you can easily correct obvious errors on-the-fly. |
| However, there will be other cases when it will be beneficial to perform formal |
| validation on your documents.</p> |
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| <div class="p"><span>You can validate your file by selecting it in the |
| Navigator view, right-clicking it, and clicking <b> <span class="uicontrol">Validate XML file</span>.</b></span></div> |
| <div class="skipspace"><p>Any validation problems are indicated in the Problems view. For |
| more details about a problem, right-click on the problem message and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Show |
| Details</span></b>. </p> |
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| <div class="skipspace"><p>In the Problems view, you can double-click on individual errors, |
| and you will be taken to the invalid tag in the file, so that you can make |
| corrections. </p> |
| <p><b>Note</b>: If you receive an error message indicating |
| that the Problems view is full, you can increase the number of error messages |
| allowed by selecting <b> <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Properties</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Validation</span></span></b> from the project's pop-up menu and specifying the maximum number |
| of error messages allowed. You must select the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Override validation |
| preferences</span> </b>check box in order to be able to do this.</p> |
| <p>As |
| well, you can set up a project's properties so that different types of project |
| resources are automatically validated when you save them. From a project's |
| pop-up menu select <b> <span class="uicontrol">Properties</span></b>, then select |
| <b> <span class="uicontrol">Validation</span></b>. |
| Any validators you can run against your project will be listed in the Validation |
| page. </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 /> |
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